PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2020

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination report and need for further clarification on the Veteran's psychiatric diagnoses.

The Veteran's PTSD with MDD is rated at 70 percent, but the Board finds that her symptoms do not warrant a higher rating as they do not meet the criteria for total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's appeals for kidney failure, tibial shin splints, and acne with scaring on the face and chest have been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeal to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for hypertension has been granted. The Board will now review this issue de novo.

The Veteran is granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from December 3, 2010 to June 15, 2017. Additionally, the Veteran is granted TDIU effective prior to June 15, 2017.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD effective from the date VA received the Veteran's claim on April 14, 2008. The claim of service connection for a personality disorder was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability was not granted a compensable rating.,PTSD received a 100% rating prior to December 17, 2019. The TDIU appeal is dismissed.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's PTSD, finding that his symptoms are linked to a helicopter crash he experienced during service.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, specifically PTSD, has rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since December 18, 2006.

The Board has found deficiencies in the February 2017 VA examination report and requires a remand to address whether the Veteran's psychiatric disability clearly and unmistakably preexisted entrance into active duty.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to obtain VA outpatient records, including those from the VAMC in Minnesota. The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to incomplete record retrieval.

The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder with PTSD symptoms are rated at a maximum of 70 percent, effective from the date of this decision.,The Veteran's left ankle collateral ligament sprain with DJD is not rated higher than 20 percent.

The Board has remanded the case due to non-compliance with contested claims procedures. The Veteran was not provided with a copy of the substance of his attorney's VA Form 9 or informed of his representation rights in a contested claim.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected PTSD, back disorder, and neck disorder needs further review due to insufficient medical opinions.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings have been remanded due to the need for further development. The Board found that the earliest date of claim was July 22, 2013, for PTSD with a major depressive disorder, and April 16, 2015, for lost left hip extension and flexion.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and alcohol abuse disorder, are rated at 100% from September 30, 2010 to July 14, 2012. Effective July 15, 2012, the rating is reduced to 70%. The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorders have resulted in total social and occupational impairment.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, depression, anxiety (acquired psychiatric disability), right ear hearing loss, blurred vision, anal condition, and hypertension have been granted as new and material evidence has been submitted. The service connection claims are reopened.

The Board has determined that the grant of service connection for PTSD in February 2012 was clearly and unmistakably erroneous due to a diagnosis based on unverified stressors, leading to denial of restoration.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depressive disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD during the appeal period and that any depression is not related to service.

The Veteran's claim of CUE in a September 1994 rating decision is remanded. The AOJ should adjudicate the issue of entitlement to revision of the September 2, 1994, rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD on the basis of new and material evidence.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims due to insufficient evidence. The main issues are about obstructive sleep apnea, transitional cell carcinoma (claimed as bladder cancer), prostate hypertrophy, allergic rhinitis, calculus of left ureter, and posttraumatic stress disorder.