PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2009

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD, effective from January 13, 2004, but is remanding the case to determine if there was clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in denying his earlier claim. The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date.

The Veteran's service-connected 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 due to depression, anxiety, and suspiciousness.

The Board has determined that there is new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD. The Veteran's reported stressors have been sufficiently corroborated, and therefore, service connection for PTSD is granted.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD due to new and material evidence. However, it was not granted as there is no credible supporting evidence of a stressor in service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to corroborate his claimed stressors and determine if he has a service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 70 percent, but the Board found that his symptoms do not warrant a higher rating due to lack of gross impairment in thought processes or communication.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD due to an incomplete stressor development. The case is now pending further examination and determination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of timely filing of a substantive appeal.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient efforts made to verify the Veteran's alleged in-service stressors for PTSD.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have PTSD and therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board found that the Veteran did not have a verified in-service stressor, and therefore denied his claim for service connection of PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted with a 30 percent rating effective June 9, 2004. His bilateral hearing loss was granted with a noncompensable (10%) rating effective June 9, 2004.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD based on in-service stressors. The claim for chronic organic disability manifested by brain damage is remanded for further development.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, effective September 26, 2007. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating prior to this date.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is productive of total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus) do not meet the criteria for a TDIU rating as his combined disability rating is only 60 percent. The Board finds that he is not unemployable due to these conditions alone.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating, effective March 8, 2001.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, the highest schedular rating available for this condition. The Board has found that his symptoms warrant such a rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding the relationship between his current mental health disabilities and his active military service.

Effective June 22, 2005, the Veteran's PTSD was manifested by suicidal and homicidal thoughts, increasing social isolation, auditory hallucinations, paranoid thinking, disturbances in motivation and mood, and limited insight.,Effective April 28, 2009, the evidence indicates that the Veteran is totally isolated.