PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2020

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and records to determine the current severity of his GERD, PTSD with Primary Insomnia, and other conditions.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric conditions, specifically PTSD. The case will be reviewed again with additional examinations and evidence.

The Board has remanded the case for further examination and clarification regarding the Veteran's PTSD diagnosis. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and PTSD are currently pending.

The Veteran's service connection claim for PTSD was denied, but new evidence allowed the reopening of his case. Service connection for an adjustment disorder is granted. The initial rating for headaches secondary to TBI residuals remains at 30 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's applications to reopen claims for service connection for various conditions, including back disability, neck disability, PTSD, COPD, sleep apnea, and diabetes mellitus. The evidence did not show a relationship between these conditions and military service.

The Veteran's nasal septal deviation is currently rated at 10 percent, effective April 28, 2014. The claim for higher ratings remains pending.,Headaches have been granted an initial 10 percent rating from May 23, 2011 to August 29, 2018 and a 50 percent rating thereafter.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms prior to July 20, 2012 did not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent.,From July 20, 2012, his PTSD symptoms met the criteria for a staged initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms prior to February 10, 2015 do not meet the criteria for a higher rating than 50 percent.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for PTSD due to military sexual trauma and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have caused significant impairment in his occupational, social, and familial functioning. The Board has determined that the issues of increased rating for PTSD prior to February 3, 2020, and effective date earlier than August 18, 2010, for service connection of loss of sense of smell and taste are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran was not provided proper VCAA notice and a new examination is required.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70% since July 20, 2010. A TDIU is granted from that date.

The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran manifests PTSD due to his military service, thus granting service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including work, family relations, thinking and mood from March 2, 2010 to May 8, 2018. The Board granted a 70% disability rating for this period. From May 9, 2018 to March 1, 2019, the Veteran's PTSD did not result in total occupational and social impairment warranting a higher rating.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent effective January 15, 2018. This rating reflects significant impairment in most areas of functioning.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient consideration of continuity of symptomatology from service to present time and failure to consider a stressor event. The Veteran will be afforded VA examinations to address his remaining claims.

The Board has granted the application to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for PTSD and MDD, but has remanded the issues of service connection for these conditions as well as the issue of an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examination and development, specifically regarding the Veteran's claims of bilateral hearing loss and PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal seeking reconsideration of the June 2013 rating decision has been dismissed. The claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities was already on appeal at the time of a May 2017 rating decision, and his PTSD rating was reduced from 70% to 30%. Service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities was granted in May 2017.