PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The veteran's PTSD is not manifested by symptoms which more closely approximate occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as obsessional rituals, intermittent panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively, impaired impulse control, spatial disorientation, neglect of personal appearance and hygiene, an inability to establish and maintain effective relationships; therefore, a rating in excess of 50 percent is not warranted.

The veteran's PTSD was rated as 30 percent prior to October 14, 2005, and increased to 70 percent from that date due to worsening symptoms.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including verification of claimed stressors and issuance of a Statement of the Case regarding tinnitus.

The appeal was denied as new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD has not been received.

The Board denied service connection for a variously diagnosed psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and PTSD.

The claim for service connection for residuals of left shoulder dislocation was reopened, but an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD is denied.

The veteran's PTSD was granted as it is related to a verified in-service stressor.

The veteran's pre-existing poliomyelitis was aggravated during service, and his post-traumatic stress disorder is rated at 30 percent.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to obtain additional evidence and schedule a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, as the medical evidence did not show a diagnosis of PTSD and there was no link between any current psychiatric condition and the veteran's military service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including verification of in-service stressors and a VA examination.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to tend to the basic functions of self-care without regular assistance from another person or make him vulnerable to the hazards and dangers incident to his environment, nor prevent him from leaving his home or its immediate premises.

The veteran's claims for service connection, new and material evidence, increased evaluation, compensable evaluation, and total disability rating have been remanded for a video-conference hearing.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for bilateral knee injury and residuals, back injury. However, it has denied service connection for PTSD.

The appeal is remanded for further efforts towards VA's duties to assist the claimant in the substantiation of his claim, including verification of alleged stressors and obtaining additional medical records.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no credible supporting evidence that his claimed in-service stressors occurred and he did not engage in combat with the enemy.

The veteran's PTSD disability was found to be sufficiently severe to warrant a 70 percent rating for the period prior to July 25, 2006.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible supporting evidence to corroborate his reported in-service stressors.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent before December 18, 2006, and increased to 70 percent effective that date. The veteran is also entitled to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as of the same date.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD for further development, including obtaining an additional medical opinion and updating VA treatment records.