PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2021

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD. The examiner is asked to provide opinions on whether these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for PTSD prior to March 8, 2017 was denied by the Board. The evidence showed symptoms such as avoidance, depression, anhedonia, irritability, anxiety, and chronic sleep impairment.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and work history.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent prior to October 22, 2019. The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and a TDIU prior to the effective date of his 100% rating.

The Veteran's right and left knee arthropathy and degenerative arthritis, as well as his right and left elbow tendinitis, lumbosacral arthralgia, L5-S1 paracentral disc protrusion, and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) are all granted.,Service connection is established for the Veteran's claimed conditions based on their relationship to in-service injuries or stressors.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent for the period prior to December 9, 2014. From December 9, 2014 onward, his PTSD is rated at 50 percent.

Your service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder was granted, qualifying you for priority category 1 in the VA medical health care system.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a right hip condition, upper back pain, and PTSD are being remanded due to the submission of new evidence that is relevant to these issues.,A VA examination will be scheduled to determine if any diagnosed hip conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's appeal to reopen his PTSD claim is granted. The Board finds that the submitted evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, as it includes statements describing additional stressor events in service and newspaper clippings confirming one such event. However, further development is needed for the other issues due to lack of STRs.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new and material evidence submitted, as well as concerns about incomplete service treatment records. The Veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and depression), a headache disability (including migraines), and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claims for various disabilities have been dismissed due to his death.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to clarify whether any current psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, are related to his combat service in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was denied as he did not provide the necessary information to substantiate his claim and there is no evidence that his service-connected PTSD prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent prior to August 1, 2016 and granted a 50 percent rating beginning from August 1, 2016. The appeal for a higher rating prior to that date has been denied.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's PTSD and bilateral hearing loss claims need further examination and evaluation before a final decision can be made.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD because there was no credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor that could link his current PTSD to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, and unspecified anxiety disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examinations.

The Board has granted service connection for a cervical spine disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and MDD) based on the evidence showing these conditions had their onset in service.

The Veteran's appeals for a higher disability rating for PTSD and service connection for tremors have been dismissed as the Veteran requested to withdraw all issues on appeal prior to the Board making a decision.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, PTSD, and peripheral neuropathy, made it impossible for him to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from April 3, 2009, to June 14, 2016, and from October 1, 2016, to August 1, 2017.