PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding in-service stressors and a need for further examination to determine if PTSD is related to service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of his condition. The VA will provide a medical examination to determine if his PTSD is attributable to his military service or other factors.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these claims.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for rescheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO level.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion and addressing the issues of service connection for cause of death and nonservice-connected burial allowance.

The VA has assigned a 50% disability rating for PTSD effective June 10, 2003. The veteran seeks an earlier effective date.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent disability rating.

The VA has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30 percent rating, effective from the date of service connection. The Board finds that the veteran's PTSD warrants this rating based on his symptoms which include occasional decrease in work efficiency with intermittent inability to perform occupational tasks.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is manifested by gross impairment in thought processes and results in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent disability rating.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to verify the veteran's claimed in-service stressors and determine if he meets the criteria for service connection for PTSD.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected PTSD was denied, and claims for secondary service connection for hypertension and a gastrointestinal disorder were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD effective July 31, 2003, based on new and material evidence submitted by the veteran.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and hypertension as secondary to service-connected DM. The low back disorder claim is remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The case is being remanded for further examination and consideration of the veteran's claims, including a claim for total disability based on individual unemployability prior to November 13, 2003.

The veteran's PTSD was increased to a 50 percent rating as of March 15, 2005. The claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent prior to that date remains denied.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased initial rating of 30 percent for PTSD, finding that it was decided on the merits and not based on a presumption or new evidence.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is not related to his military service and denied the claim.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities are so severe as to prevent him from engaging in substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, anal fissures (as secondary to PTSD), and headaches (as secondary to PTSD) were denied as there was no credible evidence supporting the occurrence of the claimed in-service stressors or personal assault.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors and thus not meeting the criteria for establishing entitlement to service connection.