PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2008

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD. However, further development is needed to verify the veteran's claimed in-service stressors before adjudicating the underlying merits of the claim.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, reflecting occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. The other issues have been dismissed as the veteran withdrew his appeals.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed in-service stressors have not been verified and cannot be verified by VA, thus denying service connection for PTSD.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied as his reported stressor could not be verified and there is no evidence linking the current condition to his military service.

The Board denied reopening the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board granted the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent initial rating with retroactive effective date of January 28, 2005. The earlier effective date claim was denied.

The veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and hepatitis C are being remanded due to the need for additional development of evidence, including obtaining private medical records and verifying in-service stressors.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for PTSD, but denied service connection on the merits. The claim for major depressive disorder was also denied.

The evidence does not support a finding of more than occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks due to PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for further investigation and verification of the veteran's reported PTSD stressors, including a specific incident involving dead bodies at Da Mai Creek in Hue. The VA will attempt to verify these stressors and schedule the veteran for a psychiatric examination if verified.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected PTSD. The issue remains whether he should receive an increased rating.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is denied as a matter of law due to the finality of the July 1997 rating decision which granted service connection for PTSD effective from December 30, 1996.

The Board is remanding the case to provide proper VCAA notice and re-adjudicate the claim of service connection for PTSD, including whether new and material evidence has been received.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was incurred in service and granted his claim for service connection.

The VA determined that the veteran's PTSD does not cause total social impairment, and thus, his claim for a higher rating was denied.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and found that the veteran's depression is not related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and Tinnitus, but granted service connection for a right lower extremity disability (including right ankle and right leg conditions).,Service connection was established for tinnitus due to in-service noise exposure.

The veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed in-service stressor did not occur, and thus could not establish service connection for PTSD.