PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2011

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development of his claims, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling a Travel Board hearing. The claim for service connection for a heart condition remains pending.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and PTSD. The decision found that there was no medical evidence establishing a link between current hearing loss or PTSD and service.

The Veteran's claim is being remanded for further development to determine the nature and etiology of any currently present acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD with secondary depression and/or major depressive disorder is rated at 70 percent disabling. The Board also found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain and retain substantially gainful employment, granting his TDIU claim.

The Board found that the Veteran's hypertension did not have an onset in service and is not otherwise causally or etiologically related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's PTSD was also denied as there was no showing of aggravation by his service-connected diabetes.

The Veteran's PTSD causes total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and declined to reopen the previously denied claim of status post excision of eosinophilic granuloma, right parietal skull.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and PTSD were denied as there is no competent evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence/aggravation.

The Board has remanded the case due to new regulations and the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing notice of these new PTSD regulations.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD and a compensable rating for his left first metatarsal fracture are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records, updated clinical records, and a VA psychiatric and orthopedic examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded to the RO in North Carolina for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is currently evaluated at a 30 percent rating, and the evidence does not support an increase to a higher rating.

The Veteran's PTSD was not shown to have been manifested by symptoms productive of impairment greater than occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. Therefore, a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD is denied from May 25, 2005 to December 15, 2009.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA clinical records and a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the Veteran meets the criteria for PTSD and whether his current psychiatric disorders are related to service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including verifying the Veteran's claimed stressors during service.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent prior to February 4, 2010 and increased to 70 percent effective on that date. The appeal is granted for the higher rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is granted as there is competent evidence tending to establish the occurrence of a recognized stressor during service.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent prior to April 7, 2004.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, as the newly submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.

The VA determined that the appellant's service-connected conditions do not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.