PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining missing service medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the veteran has PTSD related to her claimed in-service stressors.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent from February 19, 2004 to September 20, 2005 and then increased to 50 percent from September 21, 2005 onwards.

The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that the veteran has the constellation of symptoms necessary to support a diagnosis of PTSD, and therefore service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board remands the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD to the RO for further development, including verification of the claimed stressors and a possible VA examination.

The veteran's PTSD produces no more than occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as mild depression and anxiety, disturbances of motivation and mood, irritability, sleep impairment, intrusive thoughts, and slight memory loss. Therefore, an evaluation in excess of 50 percent is not warranted.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for hypertension, allergic rhinitis, Raynaud's syndrome, a bladder disorder, a urinary tract disorder, impotency, residuals of a cold injury, depression, PTSD, and an acquired mental disorder other than depression and PTSD. The claims for service connection for a skin disorder of the feet, arms, and legs, and rosacea were denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or herbicide exposure.

The veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent rating for the period since August 1, 2007, due to total occupational and social impairment.

The veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is rated at 50 percent, and the Board found that a higher rating was not warranted based on the current symptomatology.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is dismissed due to his death.

The veteran's major depression and PTSD are not shown to be more disabling than contemplated by a 30 percent rating, and the scar on her left foot is not shown to be more disabling than contemplated by a 10 percent rating.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD as there was no credible supporting evidence of verifiable in-service stressors.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to the lack of a proper claim.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen a claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but did not grant service connection.

The veteran's effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted as July 1, 2004.

The Board remands the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the RO via the Appeals Management Center in Washington, D.C., for additional development.

The appeal is remanded for a new VA examination to reassess the severity of the veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for schizophrenia and PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD was not characterized by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity from June 26, 2003 through September 29, 2006.

The appeal was remanded to the RO for further development, including obtaining alternative records due to missing service medical and personnel records.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for scheduling a videoconference hearing as requested by the veteran.