PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2010

The Board has granted service connection for coronary artery disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and need for additional development, including obtaining updated information on the Veteran's whereabouts and stressors during service.

The Veteran's appeal was denied as his service-connected PTSD did not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Veteran's PTSD was initially granted with a 30 percent evaluation effective December 7, 2004. The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD is denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened, and the Board found that he had a valid PTSD diagnosis based on verified stressors. The Veteran also has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder related to his service-connected ear condition.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent, chronic lumbar strain with scoliosis at 10 percent for each knee, and the ratings are granted.

The Board has granted reopening of the Veteran's PTSD claim but denied his claim for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD. The decision on service connection remains pending.

The Veteran's claim to reopen his previously denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to inadequate VCAA notice.

The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for PTSD and denied his claim.

The Veteran's claim is being remanded for additional development including a VA psychiatric examination to determine if any current psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is related to service.

The Board found that the Veteran did not have a diagnosed PTSD related to his service and therefore denied his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that further development is necessary due to the Veteran's unverified stressors and need for a VA examination to determine if he has any non-PTSD psychiatric diagnoses related to service. The case is remanded for these actions.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 5, 2007 for TDIU was denied as he did not meet the schedular criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and PTSD were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to reopen his claim for tinnitus, but remanded this issue for further development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's Hepatitis C was not incurred or aggravated in service and denied his claim for service connection. The claim for PTSD is currently pending.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his request for a Travel Board hearing. The case will be returned to the RO for scheduling this hearing.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, diabetes, and tinnitus disabilities combined to render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible supporting evidence to verify her claimed in-service personal assault stressor.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 30 percent disabling for acne vulgaris is being remanded. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen his claim of PTSD is also being remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for proper VCAA notice and further development of the accrued benefits claim.