PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2009

The appeal is remanded for a video-conference hearing before the Board.

The Board found that it was not factually ascertainable that the veteran's PTSD increased in severity to a level warranting a rating higher than 30 percent between July 2001 and July 2002, thus denying an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent disability evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, singly or in combination, do not preclude him from obtaining or maintaining any form of substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and industrial background.

The veteran's PTSD was service-connected, and the rating for his lumbosacral strain remained at 40 percent.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO.

The veteran is entitled to an effective date of October 25, 2005, but not earlier, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD is manifested by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, which does not warrant a rating higher than 50 percent.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a new PTSD examination.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD is being remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss was incurred during his active military service and is therefore service-connected.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is rated at 30 percent, as it is manifested by occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks (although generally functioning satisfactorily, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation normal), due to such symptoms as: depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss (such as forgetting names, directions, recent events).

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is being remanded for further development.

The veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was remanded to the RO/AMC for further development, including a VA psychiatric examination and potential evidentiary development regarding his claimed in-service stressors.

The veteran's PTSD was found to be manifested by occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent rating.

The appeal for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, high blood pressure and numbness and tingling in the hands and feet was remanded to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) for further development.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, residuals of frostbite of the knees, and a low back disorder are being remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and depression as there was no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred, and the veteran did not meet the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis.

The veteran's PTSD, apart from his alcohol abuse disorder that has not been linked to the PTSD, caused occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks (although generally functioning satisfactorily, with routine behavior, self-care, and conversation normal).

The veteran's PTSD has been rated at 70 percent due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The veteran's herpes zoster began in active service and caused a recurrent infection to occur in August 2000.