PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2011

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated 70 percent disabling, but the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted as his symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher disability evaluation.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration (SSA) records and ensuring all notification requirements are met.

The Board has remanded the case for a videoconference hearing due to an inaudible transcript of the April 2011 hearing. The Veteran is requested to indicate whether he wants another hearing.

The Veteran's PTSD has caused occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood. However, the evidence does not reflect that his symptoms have caused total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's PTSD has been productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity since November 13, 2006. A higher rating is not warranted during this period.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent disabling from July 15, 2003 to March 10, 2007 and 100 percent disabling since March 11, 2007.

The Veteran's claim for non-service-connected disability pension was granted with an effective date of December 7, 2004. The Board found that the hospitalizations he experienced were due to willful misconduct and did not qualify as sufficiently incapacitating to prevent him from filing a claim.

The case is being remanded for additional development and consideration of the claim on appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and bilateral hearing loss are found to be of such severity that they render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's PTSD was initially granted and assigned a 10 percent disability rating from January 23, 2002. The Board found that the preponderance of evidence showed occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board has remanded the case for scheduling a travel board hearing at the RO due to the Veteran's request. The appeal is not ready for further review until this hearing is conducted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for a supplemental opinion from an examiner regarding the etiology of her PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a new VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for an increased evaluation for cervical spine disability, service connection for PTSD, and impotency were denied. The right arm injury claim was reopened but not granted. Service connection for a depressive disorder was granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and Social Security Administration (SSA) records, providing a psychiatric examination to determine the nature and etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disabilities, and addressing whether any such disability(ies) pre-existed service or was aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain updated VA treatment records, Social Security Administration (SSA) records, and to schedule the Veteran for a VA psychiatric examination in order to determine if his current psychiatric disabilities are related to active service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records from Dr. Huey Meeker, and the Board requests that the legal custodian provide these records if they are in their possession.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD warrants a 30 percent rating, effective from October 2009. The other issues have not been addressed due to lack of appeal or are not currently in appellate status.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and an examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected PTSD. The issue on appeal is whether he should receive a higher evaluation for his PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100% disability rating effective December 1, 1995. The appellant filed for retroactive Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits under Chapter 35, but the Board found that he did not meet the eligibility criteria due to the delay in receiving notification of service connection.