PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2020

The Board denied the appellant's request for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35 because his father received a total and permanent disability rating, but the appellant turned 26 years old before this effective date.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 100% throughout the appeal period. The Board has also found that his sleep apnea should be remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted service connection as it is related to in-service sexual assaults.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the prior rating decisions. The effective date remains January 23, 2012.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's representative contends that her PTSD has worsened since the March 2017 VA examination. The Board finds that remand is necessary to fully assist the Veteran in developing her claim for an increased rating.

The Veteran's appeal is dismissed because she opted into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) review system, effectively withdrawing her service connection claims for left and right lower extremity conditions and a PTSD rating.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and right shoulder disability, did not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to June 19, 2019.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for depression as secondary to his service-connected CAD was denied, and the claim for an increased rating for PTSD was also denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is dismissed as moot because the condition has already been granted under a different diagnosis (other specified trauma and stressor related disorder) which covers the same symptoms.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD has been granted. The claims for back sprain, right wrist disability, sleep apnea, and TDIU have been remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral ankle osteoarthritis due to potential new evidence and further examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation since June 28, 2005. TDIU is granted.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for PTSD, hearing loss, hypertension, and diabetic cataracts due to insufficient evidence or further clarification from VA. The appeals are not about service connection but rather rating determinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates of November 14, 2013 for service connection of PTSD and CAD. The decision found that no formal or informal claim was filed prior to this date.

The Board has remanded the claims for whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic kidney disease, as well as several other accrued benefits claims. The cause of death issue is also inextricably intertwined with these claims.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU. The issue of an initial compensable rating for TBI is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability have been dismissed as the appellant died during the appeal process.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of PTSD because it was granted in a previous decision, leaving no unresolved issue.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 21, 2011. The Board finds that referral for extraschedular consideration is warranted due to the lack of one disability rated at 40 percent or more and a combined rating of 70 percent or more during this period.