PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2007

The VA has granted a 70 percent evaluation for the service-connected PTSD from July 30, 2003 to June 9, 2004.

The Board determined that the veteran's alcoholism was not service-connected and denied his claim for DIC due to suicide as a result of PTSD.

The Board has granted a 100 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected PTSD, effective from February 28, 1991.

The Board has ordered a remand to verify the veteran's in-service stressors, which are necessary for service connection of PTSD. The case will be returned to the RO for further development and readjudication.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD played a material causal role in his continued use of tobacco products after service, which contributed to the development of fatal lung cancer. The Board grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there is no credible evidence supporting his claimed in-service stressors and a medical nexus between his current PTSD and service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a skin condition, finding no current diagnosis of either condition and insufficient evidence to establish an in-service stressor or exposure to herbicides.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and prostate cancer, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable rating schedule.