PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is incurred in service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including verifying stressors and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has granted an initial evaluation of 10 percent for PTSD effective March 18, 2005. The claim for service connection for a low back disability is reopened.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and verifying inservice stressors. The veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran did not have a valid stressor event in service and thus could not establish PTSD as incurred or aggravated therein. As such, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, the highest schedular evaluation available. The RO has granted an increased rating for his PTSD.

The VA has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent rating, effective December 31, 2003. The veteran's PTSD is currently manifested by symptoms such as depressed mood, anhedonia, apathy about living, irritability or outbursts of anger, difficulty concentrating, sleeplessness, nightmares, anxiety, mildly impaired recent memory, social avoidance, recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the stressor event, feelings of detachment or estrangement from others. The VA finds that this impairment warrants a 50 percent disability rating.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, and the claim for service connection for acid reflux as secondary to PTSD is granted.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and updated medical records. The case will be returned to the Board after these are obtained.

The Board denied service connection for cause of death due to the lack of a causal link between the veteran's service-connected PTSD and his cardiovascular disease, which was not established by the submitted evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence submitted by the veteran, including her service medical records and a statement from her treating psychiatric nurse. The claim will be further developed to determine if the veteran's PTSD is related to military sexual trauma.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as there is no evidence of such a condition during active service and no link between any current disability and service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD).

The veteran is found to have PTSD due to traumatic experiences in service and his residuals of a fracture, left humerus with scarring are rated at the minimum compensable level.

The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding the veteran's claimed PTSD due to combat exposure and potential exposure to mortar attacks.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining the veteran's personnel records and VA medical records, and for a VA psychiatric examination to determine whether PTSD is warranted.

The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to a rating of 50 percent for PTSD, effective February 27, 2002.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, and his bilateral hearing loss remains at a 10 percent rating. The Board finds that the evidence supports an increased evaluation for PTSD to 50 percent.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his PTSD is being remanded due to the need for compliance with VCAA mandates and proper application of new and old rating criteria.