PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The veteran's PTSD has been found to result in occupational and social impairment with difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, warranting a 50 percent disability rating.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 30 percent. The claims for low back disability, left knee disability, skin disability, and hypothyroidism are all granted based on direct service connection.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD was denied as he did not appeal the initial decision assigning March 12, 1996 as the effective date.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding insufficient evidence to corroborate the alleged stressors and concluding that the veteran did not engage in combat.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30 percent rating, effective from November 7, 1996. The veteran's PTSD causes occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks.

The Board has determined that there is no credible evidence of a stressor event in service and the veteran does not have PTSD. Therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development due to the veteran's failure to appear at a scheduled hearing. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen his PTSD claim is now pending.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, PTSD, and residuals of shell fragment wounds to various body parts due to a lack of current diagnoses and no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied because the evidence did not establish a verified in-service stressor and there is no objective evidence linking his current PTSD to any verified in-service event or injury.

The veteran's PTSD has resulted in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100% disability rating.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine if the veteran's PTSD is related to military service and for obtaining additional medical records.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD, and remanded his claims for headaches and Meniere's disease to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for PTSD and hepatitis C due to insufficient evidence regarding the claimed stressors and lack of a medical opinion linking the conditions to service. The case will be returned to the Board after further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible evidence of in-service stressors and thus no basis to establish a link between current symptoms and service.

The Board has determined that there is no current evidence of tinnitus or PTSD, and thus the veteran's claims for service connection have been denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible evidence of combat stressors, and thus concluded that his claimed PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has granted an effective date of July 13, 2005 for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent effective June 1, 2004. The effective date for the increased rating is now confirmed as June 1, 2004.

The Board found that the veteran does not currently have PTSD and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The VA has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent rating, effective September 15, 2005. The veteran's PTSD is currently manifested by moderate symptoms such as disturbances in motivation and mood, anxiety, rapid and pressured speech, poor concentration, irritability, flashbacks, chronic sleep impairment, hypervigilance, and problems establishing and maintaining effective relationships.