PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2009

The Veteran's PTSD is characterized by occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent evaluation.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, back disorder, left leg disability of Muscle Group XII, PTSD, and diabetes mellitus. The issues were not resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The stressor development requested in a prior remand should be accomplished.

The Board found that the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors have not been verified and thus, service connection for PTSD cannot be established.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for further examination and opinion regarding her claimed stressors, as well as whether her preexisting PTSD was aggravated by military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible evidence verifying an in-service assault that caused her PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and verification of combat exposure.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for further development, including stressor corroboration research and a VA examination to determine if any current acquired psychiatric disorder had its onset in service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disability, finding no evidence of a verified in-service stressor and thus unable to establish service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and assigned a 30 percent initial rating for PTSD. The Veteran's current conditions are considered to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, effective from June 21, 2001. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating for any period.

The Board has requested that the Veteran undergo another VA psychiatric examination to determine if his specific phobia, situational type: confined spaces, represents a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder related to service. The claim will be remanded for this purpose.

Service connection is granted for PTSD.,Service connection is denied for a low back disorder and left leg disorder as these conditions are not shown to be related to service.,

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for low back strain and the reopening of his right hip disability claim were denied. The effective date for service connection for PTSD was granted as December 14, 1990.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient information provided by the appellant regarding a stressor event. The VA is instructed to verify if there was a fatal accident involving two soldiers from the appellant's unit in July 1975 and request clinical records.

The Veteran's PTSD was initially rated at 30% prior to October 27, 2006 and later increased to 50% effective from that date. The current rating is for a period after the initial grant of service connection.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development including obtaining service treatment records and verifying a reported in-service stressor involving a female medic named 'Lopaz' who was killed by Iraqi soldiers in March 1991.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including a VA psychiatric examination to determine the current nature and etiology of any psychiatric disability, with particular attention to whether PTSD is related to service. The Veteran's depressive disorder will also be considered in this context.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, reflecting occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.