PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2012

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, providing proper notice in connection with a PTSD claim based on personal assault or harassment, scheduling the Veteran for a VA psychiatric examination, and readjudicating the case.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and conducting a new VA PTSD examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical evidence and for a VA examination. The issues on appeal are an increased rating for PTSD and TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal is currently in remand status due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination. The issues of entitlement to an increased rating for PTSD and TDIU are pending.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent disabling, effective October 3, 2008. The appeal for a higher rating remains pending.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development including obtaining verification of in-service exposure and a VA examination to determine if any current psychiatric disorder is related to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD remains pending.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and VA treatment records.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and PTSD. The Board has ordered additional development to obtain medical records and a VA examination.

The Board has determined that the Appellant is not eligible for survivor's benefits as an unremarried surviving spouse due to the timing and duration of her marriage to the Veteran.

The Veteran's PTSD was productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to various symptoms prior to May 27, 2011. The Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for PTSD.

The Veteran's appeals have been withdrawn by his representative, and the Board is dismissing these claims.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a left knee disorder are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining opinions regarding potential service connection under certain circumstances.

The Board granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and assigned a 100 percent rating effective from November 30, 2000.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD is related to his active service, and thus grants service connection for this condition. The status of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD remains unknown due to insufficient information.

The Board found that the Veteran does not currently suffer from PTSD or any other psychiatric condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the cause of the Veteran's death, acute myocardial infarction due to (or as a consequence of) PTSD and hypertension, was not related to service. The conditions were determined to be unrelated or not connected to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, and a skin disability other than seborrheic dermatitis. The evidence did not establish an in-service stressor or a diagnosis of PTSD based on such a verified stressor.

The Veteran has been granted service connection for Major Depressive Disorder with Psychosis and PTSD, as these conditions are presumed to have been incurred in service due to their manifestation within one year of separation.

The appellant's claims for service connection were denied because he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations. As a result, the claims are denied.