PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2009

The Board has ordered the RO to obtain additional information from the Veteran regarding his claimed service stressors and to attempt to verify them. The Veteran is also required to undergo a VA psychiatric examination to determine if he suffers from PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, reflecting significant occupational and social impairment.

The Board has ordered additional development to verify the Veteran's claimed PTSD due to in-service stressors, including an assault and a shooting incident. The Veteran will be provided with notice under 38 C.F.R. � 3.304(f)(3) and her statements from potential witnesses will be sought.

The Veteran's PTSD is characterized by symptoms such as depressed and anxious mood, sleep problems including nightmares, intrusive thoughts and flashbacks, hypervigilance and hyperarousal. The evidence shows that the disability has resulted in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have resulted in occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a 30 percent evaluation.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, alone, are not sufficient to produce unemployability without regard to his advancing age. The Board finds that TDIU is not warranted on a schedular or on an extra-schedular basis at this time.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to address the adequacy of prior examinations and to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a video conference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.

The Board is remanding the case for further development, including a psychiatric examination to determine if PTSD is related to service. The claim of service connection for dysthymia and panic disorder without agoraphobia will be considered on the merits.

The Veteran's PTSD has resulted in total occupational impairment, and the Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD effective from November 8, 2000.

The Veteran's PTSD and OCD were not established due to lack of in-service stressors. The mixed personality disorder was established, but the diabetes mellitus and arthritis claims are not supported by evidence linking them to service.

The Board has found that the Veteran's diagnosed PTSD is related to service and granted his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's claim to reopen his PTSD service connection was granted, but the Board found that there is no competent evidence linking his current PTSD to his active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and found that the Veteran's service-connected disability does not preclude gainful employment.

Since August 10, 2005, the Veteran's PTSD has caused total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100% rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder manifested by depression and anxiety, finding that there was no competent evidence of a nexus between these conditions and her military service.

The Veteran's PTSD has been found to cause total occupational impairment, warranting a 100% disability rating.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and reopened the claim of bilateral pulmonary nodules with COPD and night sweats, finding that new evidence submitted by the Veteran raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claims.

The case is being remanded for further development and consideration of the appellant's claim, including providing proper notice under Hupp v. Nicholson and readjudicating the claim considering all evidence since December 2007.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a more contemporaneous evaluation of his service-connected PTSD and consideration of staged ratings.