PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 40 percent disability rating. The veteran's low back disability is also rated at 40 percent.

The veteran claims service connection for PTSD, but the case is remanded due to insufficient evidence of in-service stressors. The VA will seek additional documentation and attempt to corroborate the claimed stressors.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service on the USS Kitty Hawk in the Gulf of Tonkin during 1965 through 1967 is sufficient to establish PTSD, and the VA will schedule him for a psychiatric examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and increased ratings for left ankle disability and lumbar spondylosis with mechanical low back pain, finding that there was no evidence of a verified in-service stressor for PTSD and insufficient evidence to establish marked limitation of motion or disabling functional impairment for the other conditions.

The Board found that there is no evidence to support a diagnosis of PTSD, and thus denied the claim for DIC based on PTSD as a contributory cause of death.

The Board has ordered the VA to attempt to corroborate the veteran's claimed stressor events and conduct a VA psychiatric examination if any of the alleged stressors are found to be sufficiently corroborated. The case will then be readjudicated based on the evidence.

The Board denied entitlement to an initial or staged extraschedular rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD from November 19, 2003 to January 24, 2005; and to a staged extraschedular rating in excess of 70 percent thereafter.

The veteran's PTSD has been found to cause significant occupational and social impairment, warranting a 70 percent disability evaluation.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied because he did not engage in combat and the claimed stressors could not be verified.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional information regarding his service connection claim for PTSD, including verification of a claimed in-service stressor.

The VA determined that the veteran's PTSD, at its worst, causes occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. The current rating of 50 percent is deemed sufficient to reflect this level of disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that the claimed in-service stressors were not verified and there was no evidence of a psychosis prior to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than August 14, 2003, for the award of service connection for PTSD. The case is remanded to obtain additional evidence and provide VCAA notice.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected based on a verified in-service stressor.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the validity of the veteran's PTSD claim and to establish whether hypertension is secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for further action on whether there was clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the August 1967 and June 1973 RO decisions regarding PTSD. The veteran is also seeking an earlier effective date for his PTSD.

The Board found that the veteran's bronchitis was not incurred in service and denied her claim for service connection.

The veteran's PTSD has resulted in total social and occupational impairment since December 22, 2006. The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD from that date.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder has been dismissed due to his death.

The Board has granted a 100% evaluation for PTSD effective February 22, 2005. The veteran's claim was received on February 22, 2005, and the earliest date of increase in disability is February 17, 1999.