PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted a 70 percent rating from June 23, 2005, due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied because new and material evidence was not sufficient to establish a link between the claimed in-service stressor and current symptoms, and no verified stressor could be identified.

The veteran is unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to his non-service-connected psychiatric disabilities, and he is granted nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The Board remands the claim for a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation to determine the etiology of the veteran's mental health conditions and their relationship to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and post-service treatment records from Dr. Dan Gurin or Geren.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates were denied as the evidence did not support higher evaluations or earlier effective dates.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, congenital heart murmur, cardiac disability, hypertension, and anxiety as they were not related to the veteran's active duty service.

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

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent, but the Board found that this rating did not adequately reflect the severity of his symptoms.

The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for his service-connected PTSD is being remanded for a new VA examination to more accurately assess the current severity and all manifestations of the condition.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, specifically to obtain all Morning Reports without limitation or qualification for the three-month period of the veteran's Vietnam service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as due to personal assault, is being remanded for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and basic eligibility for DEA benefits, as the veteran's service-connected PTSD did not contribute to or cause his fatal pneumonia or COPD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no evidence that his symptoms met the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD based on the verified in-service stressor and other medical records.

The veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD that is linked to the veteran's reported in-service stressors.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for the purpose of obtaining VA treatment records from 2003 to the present.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and found that the criteria for an evaluation greater than 40 percent for diabetes mellitus were not met.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for issuance of a statement of the case on the dental issue and to provide a VA PTSD examination.

The veteran has PTSD due to in-service stressors, and service connection is granted.

The veteran's PTSD does not exhibit symptoms that would warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent.