PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2007

The Board denied the veteran's claims for restoration of service connection for PTSD, entitlement to service connection for Barrett's esophagitis, and reopening his claim for service connection for hypertensive arteriosclerotic heart disease. The evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Board has remanded the case for further development to verify the veteran's claimed stressors and provide additional evidence.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that new and material evidence has been submitted. The case is now remanded to determine if a stressor occurred during service and whether there is a link between any verified stressors and the veteran's current symptoms.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for PTSD and whether his character of discharge remains a bar to VA benefits. The evidence submitted did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's claimed combat service and stressor events. The RO must verify the veteran's alleged combat duty and attempt to corroborate his reported exposure to hostile weaponry fire.

The Board finds that the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD is denied because no formal claim was filed prior to September 15, 2003 and it did not meet the one-year filing requirement after his discharge from service.

The Board has granted a 70 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected PTSD, effective from September 2004. The TDIU claim is remanded.

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected PTSD did not contribute to his death, and thus denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the veteran's claimed in-service stressors have been verified and his diagnosis of PTSD conforms to the DSM-IV.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a diagnosis linking current symptoms to in-service stressors.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD or depressive disorder, and there is no evidence linking these conditions to her military service. Therefore, she was denied service connection for both conditions.

The veteran's PTSD was found to be associated with her military service. The fractures and ankle disability were not linked to the veteran's time in service. No pelvic pain or skin condition was found to have a connection to active duty.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA psychiatric examination to determine the current severity of the veteran's PTSD diagnosis and its impact on social and occupational functioning.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD from October 10, 1997 and assigned an effective date of October 10, 1997 for the TDIU.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by active service due to lack of corroborated stressor support, and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of October 9, 1992 for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no competent diagnosis of PTSD in the claims file.

From September 6, 2002 to February 3, 2005, the veteran's PTSD was not manifested by flattened affect, circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty in understanding complex commands, memory impairment, impaired judgment, impaired abstract thinking, disturbances of motivation and mood, or difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships.,On and after February 4, 2005, the veteran's PTSD has not been manifested by occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for PTSD, left thigh myositis ossificans, and special monthly pension due to need for regular aid and attendance or being permanently housebound. The RO must provide VCAA notice letters, verify stressors, schedule a VA examination, and obtain updated treatment records.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and the loss of two left fingers were granted. The claim for residuals of a burn on the neck remains pending as there is insufficient evidence to establish exposure or causation.