PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding VA treatment records from 1980 to 1985, including individual, group, and marriage counseling notes.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient verification of the Veteran's claimed stressors for PTSD. The VA will attempt to verify these events and provide an addendum medical opinion.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, is granted as service-connected. The Veteran's OSA is also granted as secondary to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable from June 5, 2017, to February 21, 2018. The Board granted TDIU during this period.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and outstanding records. The issues include psychiatric disabilities, shoulder, elbow, and knee disabilities, as well as a head injury.

The Veteran's service connection for PTSD is granted as the evidence supports that his in-service event caused his current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of migraine headaches, right shoulder disability, and PTSD are being remanded due to the submission of new evidence. The AOJ will review this evidence and issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted with an effective date of August 26, 2002. The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD resulted in functional impairment sufficient to render her unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete or inaccurate information regarding his reported in-service stressors, and for a VA opinion on whether he has PTSD that is related to service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression. A new examination is needed to determine if these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and PTSD has been granted. The Board found that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current psychiatric disabilities are related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disability, GERD, IBS, allergic rhinitis, and headaches have been granted. The effective date is not specified.

The Board has remanded the case for further action due to the need for additional medical records and for consideration of an extraschedular TDIU rating.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD has been denied as there was no prior claim or intent to file a claim before December 12, 2015.,The Veteran's claim for increased rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder is remanded due to new evidence indicating worsening symptoms.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, left knee disability, and PTSD due to outstanding records needing to be obtained, an examination for sleep apnea, and addendum opinions on the issues.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including obtaining VA medical opinions to address the nature and etiology of his acquired psychiatric disorder and keratinization skin disorders of the feet.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and PTSD, is granted. The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left leg disability and left toe/foot condition are also granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is directly caused by service and whether it is secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The VA must obtain a new opinion on these issues.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for Parkinson's disease, an acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD), and a low back disability are being remanded due to incomplete development.,The Board notes that the RO did not substantially comply with prior remand directives regarding verification of chemical exposures and stressor allegations.