PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher initial rating beyond the current 50 percent assigned.

The Board has granted a rating of 50 percent for PTSD, the maximum available under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders, effective from May 12, 2005.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD did not begin during service and there is insufficient evidence to support his claimed stressors. As a result, the claim for service connection for PTSD is denied.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to November 27, 1990, for the grant of service connection for PTSD was granted. The initial rating assigned is 30 percent from November 27, 1990.

The VA has determined that the veteran's PTSD does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation, as it does not result in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The VA has determined that the veteran's PTSD does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher initial disability evaluation beyond 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for reimbursement of a chair lift is eligible, with a maximum reimbursement amount not exceeding $1,200.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD effective January 12, 1988 and assigned a 30% initial rating.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied because there is insufficient corroborating evidence that his alleged in-service stressors actually occurred.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible supporting evidence of a stressor occurring in service and concluding that her current PTSD did not result from any event that occurred during active duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD and that the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of PTSD.

The Board found that the overpayment of VA compensation benefits was validly created due to a sole administrative error by VA, and denied the veteran's request for waiver of recovery.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of service connection for PTSD, and he appealed this decision. The Court remanded the case back to the Board for action consistent with a Joint Motion for Remand filed by VA's General Counsel and the veteran's attorney.

The Board has ordered a new examination to determine if the veteran has PTSD and its etiology. The case will be remanded for this purpose.

The Board has determined that the veteran's restrictive airways disease is not related to his service, and therefore denied this claim. The veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder (Anxiety, Major Depression, PTSD).,The veteran's mental health condition includes anxiety, major depression, and PTSD, with symptoms such as irritability, impaired impulse control resulting in threatened violence, hypervigilance, panic attacks, and nightmares.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 50 percent evaluation, reflecting occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing assistance or special home adaptation grant, automobile and adaptive equipment, or SMC based on need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of February 8, 1991 for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The veteran's claim was previously denied in November 1995 due to lack of verified stressor allegations, but additional records received since then have been found and are now considered.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) cannot be granted as there is no verified inservice stressor event to support a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, Anxiety Disorder, and Depressive Disorder due to a lack of evidence supporting these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.