PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, including a new TDIU evaluation. The Veteran's PTSD, TBI, and headaches are all being reviewed for increased ratings.

The Board has remanded the case due to errors in previous decisions and missing medical records. The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, other stressor disorder, and depressive disorder, are now under review.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, erectile dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathies, have been remanded due to insufficient evidence. The hypertension claim is also pending.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 50 percent disability rating, effective March 28, 2013. The Board found that the symptoms more closely approximate an occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The VA denied service connection for coronary artery disease, PTSD, hyperthyroidism, partial complex seizure, trigger finger, and multiple myeloma.,None of the conditions were found to be related to the appellant's military service.

The Board denied service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent for the entire initial rating period. The claims of service connection for arthritis/bone loss, increased rating for bilateral hearing loss, and TDIU are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's SSD benefits and requests for records from SSA.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including service connection for an alcohol use disorder as secondary to PTSD and TDIU determination. The issues of service connection and TDIU are now pending.

The Veteran's PTSD has been granted a total disability evaluation, and the TDIU appeal is dismissed as moot due to the grant of a total rating for PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for anxiety disorder is denied, and his request for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) is also denied.

The Veteran's PTSD is related to his in-service stressor and the Board has granted service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is granted, and he is awarded an initial rating of 40 percent for his lumbar strain. The appeal regarding the TDIU (Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability) is remanded.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation of lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, spinal stenosis, spondylitis and facet arthroplasty evaluated at 20 percent disabling, service connection for PTSD, service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the right lower extremity, and service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the left lower extremity are all denied as there is no evidence showing that a formal or informal claim was received prior to March 29, 2017.,The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation of lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, spinal stenosis, spondylitis and facet arthroplasty evaluated at 20 percent disabling, service connection for PTSD, service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the right lower extremity, and service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the left lower extremity are all denied as there is no evidence showing that a formal or informal claim was received prior to March 29, 2017.,The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation of lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, spinal stenosis, spondylitis and facet arthroplasty evaluated at 20 percent disabling, service connection for PTSD, service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the right lower extremity, and service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the left lower extremity are all denied as there is no evidence showing that a formal or informal claim was received prior to March 29, 2017.,The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation of lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, spinal stenosis, spondylitis and facet arthroplasty evaluated at 20 percent disabling, service connection for PTSD, service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the right lower extremity, and service connection for radiculopathy of the sciatic and femoral nerves of the left lower extremity are all denied as there is no evidence showing that a formal or informal claim was received prior to March 29, 2017.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there is no current diagnosis of PTSD in the record.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service-connected, and the issue of TDIU has been remanded.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, finding that there is no current diagnosis of these conditions and insufficient evidence to establish a link between them and his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. A new VA examination is needed to determine if any of these conditions had their onset in service or are otherwise related to a disease or injury during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to May 23, 2012, for service connection of PTSD. The decision states that a reasonable VA adjudicator would not have found the Veteran raised a claim for a psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) before May 23, 2012.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, Sleep Apnea, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and GERD. The case is being remanded to obtain a VA examination for GERD.