PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2009

The veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination and examinations to assess the current severity of his asthma and bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on new and material evidence.

The veteran's PTSD is not shown to be more disabling than the currently assigned 30 percent rating.

The veteran's service connection claim for PTSD has been granted, and the evidence received since the March 1999 RO decision is new and material to reopen his claim for schizophrenia.

The veteran's service connection for PTSD was granted, resolving reasonable doubt in his favor based on the verified stressor of enemy fire at his base and medical evidence linking his PTSD to this experience.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence indicates that the veteran does not currently have a mental health disability other than PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD was granted service connection as it is medically attributed to a stressor he experienced during his service.

The veteran's PTSD was found to be manifested by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent rating prior to January 5, 2005.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, an in-service event, or a nexus between the veteran's military service and any of his claimed disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a left eye injury and right knee injury, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's period of active duty.

The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was remanded to the RO for additional development, including obtaining a medical examination and opinion.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, finding no credible evidence that his claimed in-service stressors occurred.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent, and a separate 10 percent rating for tender scars as residuals of the left thigh wound was granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible supporting evidence that his claimed in-service stressors occurred, and the preponderance of the competent medical evidence is against a finding that he has PTSD related to his active military service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, degenerative disc disease of the spine, and degenerative joint disease of the spine as they were not shown to be related to the veteran's active or National Guard service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected PTSD and his death.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 8, 1988 for a 100 percent schedular disability rating for service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for a lung disorder claimed as due to asbestos exposure and found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible supporting evidence that an in-service stressor occurred.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no independently verifiable evidence of an in-service stressor sufficient to support a diagnosis of PTSD, and the veteran does not have PTSD as a result of military service.