PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2015

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate records for determining the Veteran's psychiatric condition and its relationship to service. The Veteran is requested to provide information about her treatment, including VA and private providers.

The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD is being remanded due to the possibility of worsening symptoms and the need for a new examination.

The Board has found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, is attributable to his active military service and grants this claim.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and asbestosis effective November 8, 2007. The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for asbestosis is denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current psychiatric disorder, specifically Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), during the appeal period. Therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression, is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the current severity of his PTSD and consideration of whether he is unemployable due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of all diagnosed psychiatric conditions, including PTSD. The Veteran's claim will be re-adjudicated after this is done.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, the maximum schedular rating available. The evidence does not support a higher rating as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for an even higher disability evaluation.

The Veteran's PTSD is found to be related to her in-service sexual harassment and assault, which meets the criteria for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA examination results and SSA disability benefits records. The Veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD and alcoholism are pending.

The Veteran's death was not service-connected, and the claim for DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 is denied.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by their representative, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to proceed with the decision.

The Board found that the Veteran's alleged service-connected stressors were not supported by credible evidence and her current psychiatric disability is more likely due to post-service factors.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA social and industrial survey to assess the Veteran's employability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for PTSD and CAD have been granted, with the effective date set at December 16, 2003.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for large vessel disease, claimed as coronary artery disease, has been reopened. The RO granted a 50 percent evaluation for PTSD from November 22, 2010 and denied all other claims.

The Board found that the Veteran was not unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities prior to August 18, 2009.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 30 percent since May 12, 2009. The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent, but his right inguinal hernia repair with scar does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.