PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2020

The Veteran's PTSD, diabetes mellitus, impaired eyesight (diabetic retinopathy), peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and bilateral upper extremity are all granted service connection. However, there is no evidence of herbicide exposure in Okinawa, Japan, which precludes presumptive service connection for these conditions.

Your service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, has been granted in a January 2020 rating decision. This action represents a total grant of the benefit sought on appeal with respect to this issue.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD for the purposes of accrued benefits, finding that new evidence received since the September 2010 rating decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. The Veteran's in-service stressors are corroborated, and he has been diagnosed with PTSD.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen her previously denied claim. The Veteran's PTSD is linked to in-service stressors related to her duty in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm.

The Board has remanded the case due to an incorrect legal standard used in a previous VA examination and the need for an addendum opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's atrial fibrillation.

The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine condition and denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for his PTSD service connection.,Service connection was established for a lumbar spine condition, but the effective date is set at January 25, 2016, which is when entitlement arose.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 30% prior to January 13, 2020. The claim for service connection for sinusitis has been remanded.

The Board has remanded several issues for further development and clarification, including service connection claims that are currently pending.

The Board has not jurisdiction over the issue of an earlier effective date for PTSD. The Veteran's PTSD alone, combined with hearing loss and tinnitus, renders him unable to secure or follow gainful employment.

The Veteran's service connection for polysubstance dependence is granted as secondary to her service-connected PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination and review of treatment records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues include PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder, and peripheral neuropathy in both legs.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder with depressive features is remanded for a VA examination to determine its severity. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the increased evaluation claim.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's OSA is service-connected and if it was aggravated by his PTSD. The VA must provide an addendum opinion from a qualified examiner.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and need for additional opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and schizoaffective disorder.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected PTSD is being remanded due to the submission of additional VA treatment records.

The Veteran's service-connected depression with PTSD has been granted a 70 percent rating, effective from the date of the decision. Additionally, his TDIU claim has also been granted.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a pilonidal cyst, sulfa allergy, iodine allergy, frostbite of the bilateral lower and upper extremities, heart disability, pneumonia, and an acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD), all potentially related to herbicide agent exposure. The Board also requested additional medical records from prison and hospital visits.

The Veteran's PTSD with major depressive disorder prior to June 9, 2016 did not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent. However, from June 9, 2016, a 70 percent evaluation and no more was granted.