PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2019

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 70 percent from May 2, 2014 to March 29, 2018. The rating is granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and Depression, finding that there was no credible evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating of various disabilities due to new evidence received after a May 2015 decision. The issues include psychiatric/cognitive disability, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, prostate disability, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's PTSD and coronary bypass surgery residuals are rated, but the initial rating for PTSD is denied. The effective dates for service connection are also denied.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeals on both sleep apnea and PTSD service connection claims. As a result, the Board dismissed these issues.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities since December 3, 2011.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, is granted. The Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee disability is denied. The Veteran's claim for service connection for left eye disability, to include as due to herbicide agent exposure, is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia. The decision found that there was no evidence to support a link between the claimed conditions and service.

The appeal is dismissed because the Veteran has already been granted service connection for depression and PTSD, which encompasses her claimed psychiatric disorder.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for a compensable disability rating for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and service connection for PTSD due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal prior to the decision being promulgated.

The Veteran's PTSD prior to July 25, 2019 was rated at 30 percent and denied a higher rating.,From July 25, 2019, the Veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent and denied a higher rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted with an effective date of February 26, 2010. The Board found no earlier claim and determined that the December 1999 and September 2003 rating decisions were not based on CUE.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, as well as a claim for TDIU. Further development is needed to complete these matters.

The Board has found that additional private treatment records need to be considered and a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC) must be issued for the issues of PTSD and any other acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for a determination on whether the Veteran should be granted TDIU prior to October 30, 2012. The appeal is related to service-connected disabilities and does not involve any presumption or exposure basis.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection of sleep apnea, bilateral leg disability, and PTSD are remanded due to a lack of medical opinions regarding these conditions. The RO is directed to attempt to obtain missing service treatment records and corroborate any claimed in-service stressors related to PTSD.

The Veteran and his attorney have withdrawn all remaining claims, including the ones for PTSD and vertigo. The Board has dismissed these claims.

The Veteran is granted a TDIU rating effective from July 13, 2012 and continuing thereafter. The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and Antisocial Personality Disorder rendered him unemployable.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for PTSD and a nervous disorder (claimed as depression, anxiety and insomnia), as well as the claim for TDIU due to conflicting medical evidence and need for further examination.

The Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for PTSD is denied. The issue of service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to PTSD, is remanded.