PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2006

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a comprehensive psychiatric examination and review of in-service stressor claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD and a TDIU based on service-connected disabilities, finding that his PTSD symptoms did not warrant a higher rating.

The Board has denied service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and granted service connection for residuals of a fracture of the left tibia and fibula, but with no compensable evaluation assigned.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating at any time between February 17, 2000 and February 11, 2002, or since February 12, 2002.

The Board found that the veteran did not submit credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors and that the diagnoses of PTSD are not based on a verified stressor from his active service. Therefore, the claim for service connection for PTSD was denied.

The veteran's PTSD and IBS were initially awarded with initial disability ratings of 10 percent, which were subsequently increased to 50 percent for PTSD and 30 percent for IBS effective October 7, 2005.

The Board has remanded the issue of an increased rating for PTSD to allow for further development, including obtaining a VA examination and compliance with VCAA requirements.

The veteran's daughter is not legally entitled to accrued benefits based on her father's claims prior to his death for service connection for respiratory disability and PTSD.

The RO denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD and denied a higher initial evaluation for PTSD. The veteran's claim was found to be abandoned due to his failure to provide requested stressor information within one year.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and proper VCAA notice. The case will be returned to the Board for further appellate consideration.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for further development, including verification of in-service stressors and medical opinions regarding the etiology of his disabilities.

The veteran's PTSD resulted in total occupational impairment from the spring of 2001, and he is granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD effective May 22, 2001.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD and asthma are service-connected based on direct evidence of their onset during active duty.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including contacting the U.S. Army and Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC) and National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) with specific information provided by the veteran.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including consideration of new evidence and correction of VCAA notice.

The veteran's claims for PTSD, tinnitus, tendonitis of the right elbow, short windedness due to an undiagnosed illness, nonspecific polyarthralgia due to an undiagnosed illness, and sinusitis were all denied by the Board.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the May 1997 rating decision does not constitute new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic arthritis of the left knee, finding no current diagnoses or supporting evidence.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed psychiatric disability, back injury, peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure, and dental condition. The claim of residuals of electric shock injury was also denied as new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD and therefore denied his claim for service connection.