PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2007

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD and therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied.

The VA has determined that the veteran's PTSD, which is rated at 50 percent currently, warrants a higher rating of 70 percent due to significant occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding a verifiable stressor for PTSD and the need to provide VCAA notice.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for verification of a stressor event. The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and other psychiatric disabilities are pending.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's pre-existing psychiatric disorders, finding that they were not aggravated by his active service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that his broken hip was a significant factor in his death but not related to any service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible evidence to support his claimed in-service stressors and thus failing to meet the criteria for establishing service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected based on verified stressors during active duty.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have verified inservice stressors and therefore cannot establish service connection for PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to unverified stressors and a need for additional evidence.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a confirmed in-service stressor to support his claim for PTSD, and thus service connection is denied.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and paranoid schizophrenia are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations, records from SSA, and service personnel records.

The VA has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining new treatment records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to assess the veteran's PTSD.

The Board has assigned an effective date of October 25, 1995 for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The veteran's original claim was filed in 1995 and a rating decision in April 1996 denied his claim due to lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed stressor actually occurred. However, new and material evidence consisting of service personnel records received in June 2002 played a role in granting service connection for PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD causes significant impairment but does not result in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 50 percent disability rating.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service-connected PTSD was denied as there is no evidence of clear and unmistakable error in the previous November 1989 rating decision or new and material evidence to support a reopening of the claim.

The VA determined that the veteran's PTSD does not warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent, as it only causes reduced reliability and productivity.

The veteran's PTSD is currently evaluated as 30 percent disabling, and the evidence does not support a higher evaluation.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent disabling, and the Board has granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD. The claim for TDIU is dismissed due to the veteran already having one service-connected disability rated as 100 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and residuals of dental trauma. The pension claim was also denied due to an improper calculation of his spouse's income in 2004.