PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The appeal is remanded for a VA compensation and pension examination to determine the severity of the service-connected PTSD.

The appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination to assess the current severity of the veteran's PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for a higher initial rating and an earlier effective date to ensure that the veteran receives a more contemporaneous examination, as well as to obtain any outstanding medical records.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for PTSD.

The appeal is remanded for additional development to clarify the etiology of any identified psychiatric disorder.

The veteran's PTSD did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent, as his symptoms were not productive of considerable industrial impairment or considerably impaired his ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with people.

The veteran's service connection for PTSD was granted based on a combat-related stressor during the Vietnam War.

The appeal is remanded for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD.

The veteran was not entitled to a disability rating higher than 50 percent for his PTSD from January 14, 1992 through August 22, 2000, and he was not entitled to a disability rating higher than 70 percent from August 23, 2000. He also did not meet the criteria for an effective date prior to August 23, 2000 for TDIU.

The veteran has PTSD as a result of an in-service stressor, and service connection for PTSD is granted.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining relevant VA and private medical records.

The Board finds that it is as likely as not that the veteran's current PTSD is of service origin and grants service connection for PTSD.

The veteran is not entitled to an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for his PTSD, and the benefit sought on appeal regarding the deduction of pension benefits from his compensation award is denied.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development, including verification of a claimed in-service stressor and obtaining additional medical evidence.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, as the credible evidence does not support that the veteran's claimed in-service stressors occurred or that his current psychiatric conditions are related to his military service.

The Board remands the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD to schedule a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a diagnosed disability of PTSD and that his currently diagnosed psychotic disorder is not related to service.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, which is the maximum evaluation that can be granted under the criteria for this condition without showing total occupational and social impairment.

The Board vacated its February 21, 2007 decision and remanded the issues for further development due to new evidence received after the initial decision.

The appeal was denied for service connection of PTSD, and the effective date for a 60 percent rating for prostatitis was set to January 27, 2006. The veteran withdrew his appeal regarding tinea pedis.