PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2010

The Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent disabling, and the claim of service connection for PTSD has been granted.

The Veteran's PTSD caused occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity from February 24, 2005 to June 13, 2009. Since then, his PTSD has caused total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence to corroborate the Veteran's claimed stressor of witnessing a drill instructor accidentally blown up by a grenade during basic training at Fort Bragg in September 1966. The Veteran must provide more information for further research.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and any other supported by the record, is being remanded due to need for additional development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to conflicting medical evidence and the need for a new VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal is to determine if he should receive a higher initial evaluation for his service-connected PTSD. The case has been remanded due to the need for additional development, including a more recent VA examination and obtaining updated treatment records.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 30 percent since December 7, 2005. The Board found that the current rating of 30 percent is appropriate given the severity of his symptoms and impairment in most areas of social and occupational functioning.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms are shown to be productive of no more than an occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupation tasks (although generally functioning satisfactorily with routine behavior, self-care and conversation normal). Occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity is not demonstrated.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA psychiatric examination and consideration of private treatment records. The case will be returned to the Board for further review.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and skin condition. The Veteran is not service connected for any of these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and current treatment records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, cervical spine disability, and lumbar spine disability. The claims of reopening were also denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied as there is no credible in-service stressor to support the diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board finds that the Veteran's PTSD is due to his wartime experiences and grants service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable due to their combined effect, as multiple health conditions and non-service-connected issues prevent employment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of December 2, 2002 for a total rating on the basis of individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (PTSD). The effective date was set at January 24, 2003.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The case is being remanded for further development and consideration.

The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of his death.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability was received by the RO on July 13, 2004. The earliest date as of which it was factually ascertainable that he was unemployable due to service-connected disability is February 1, 2006.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD based on credible evidence of a sexual assault during service and the Veteran's current symptoms.