PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 40 percent rating for undiagnosed illness manifested by muscle ache, headache, and neurological symptoms. The effective date remains pending as the RO has not issued an SOC.

The Board has restored the veteran's PTSD evaluation from 50 percent to 100 percent effective January 1, 2006.

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

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied. The RO awarded a 20 percent disability rating for residuals of a fractured mandible effective June 17, 2003, and the veteran appealed this decision regarding the effective date.

The veteran's PTSD with alcohol dependence results in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent disability rating. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is moot due to the granted PTSD rating.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, reflecting significant impairment but not meeting the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD, a skin rash, paresthesias, or peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities that are related to his military service. The veteran's impotence is also denied as it is not proximately due to or the result of service-connected disability.

The veteran's claim for an increased initial rating for PTSD is denied as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9411.

The case is being remanded for further evaluation of the veteran's PTSD symptoms and readjudication of his claim.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing at the RO level.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected, and he is also granted service connection for low back disability and neck disability. The residuals of shrapnel wounds are not addressed as they were not part of the original appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD did not warrant a higher rating prior to July 6, 2005.

The Board has granted the veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, and the reopened claim requires additional development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD results in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a 30 percent evaluation.

The veteran's PTSD was found to be productive of occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks, warranting a 30% disability evaluation from December 17, 2004 to October 18, 2006. From October 19, 2006, the veteran's PTSD is found to be productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50% disability evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and PTSD. The appeals regarding bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus were also denied as new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals found that the veteran's PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and denied his claim.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's claimed PTSD, and requests that additional information be gathered from official sources and medical records.

The veteran's PTSD was initially granted service connection and rated at 30 percent from February 1, 1999 to March 23, 1999. The rating was increased to 50 percent effective January 24, 2001.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that the veteran's anxiety disorder was not shown to have been caused by any in-service event.