PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2009

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous disorder, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development including verification of stressors and a VA psychiatric examination.

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 Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied as there is no current diagnosis of PTSD. The claims for major depressive disorder were granted with a 50% evaluation effective September 17, 2008.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining UCMJ records and psychiatric examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO. The current evaluation of PTSD remains unchanged.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and verifying stressors.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of reopening his service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD and also denied his TDIU claim. The decision found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim, and that the Veteran was not unemployable due solely to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete evidence, specifically a unit history of the veteran's military unit from December 1966 to November 1967. The RO is instructed to obtain and review these records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to incomplete information regarding his in-service stressors and for additional development of medical records.

The case is being remanded for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Veteran's PTSD is currently evaluated as 50 percent disabling, which reflects the severity of his symptoms including anxiety, hypervigilance, avoidance of crowds, nightmares, startle response, and social isolation.

The Veteran's PTSD was found to be causally linked to a stressor event during service in the Persian Gulf, and thus granted service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disability (including parasomnia), a memory loss disability, hypertension, and coronary artery disease (CAD) due to lack of evidence supporting these conditions were incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD with secondary depression is due to a disease or injury incurred in service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has ordered additional development to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors and determine if he meets the criteria for PTSD, which may affect his service connection claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities (right and left), and PTSD. The Board found that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and his service-connected diabetes mellitus or any other service event.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and arranging for a new VA examination.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30 percent disability rating, effective June 10, 2004. The Veteran's lung cancer and peripheral neuropathy are not found to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were remanded due to insufficient evidence of in-service stressors and the presence of an undiagnosed illness. The issues related to seborrheic dermatitis, reactive airway disease, and trouble sleeping with grinding of teeth are pending.