PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded three issues: service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD; and two rating claims for stress reaction of the right and left lower extremities with knee impairment. The Veteran's claims will be reconsidered based on all available evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history, warranting a TDIU.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD and Cephalgia (Headaches) have been granted. The Board found that the Veteran engaged in combat service, which established his PTSD claim. For his headaches, the Board accepted the Veteran's lay testimony of a head injury during service as sufficient evidence to establish service connection.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted as he has been unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities for the entire period on appeal.

The Veteran's petition to reopen the previously disallowed claim of entitlement to service connection for gout was dismissed.,The Veteran's petitions to reopen the previously disallowed claims of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, arthritis of the right knee, arthritis of the bilateral ankles, painful neck, and PTSD were granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for lymphedema of the left leg has been reopened due to new and material evidence. The claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, respiratory disability other than sleep apnea, and sleep apnea are being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's neck disorder, PTSD, and right knee disorder are all granted service connection. The right knee disorder is remanded for further examination.

The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied because his service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining gainful employment.

Bladder dysfunction is denied. For the entire appeal period, an evaluation of 70 percent for PTSD is granted.,Resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor, prior to June 5, 2018, the Veteran's service-connected PTSD precluded substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, finding that the Veteran's diagnosis of PTSD was attributable to his conceded in-service stressors.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional medical opinions. The issues include eye disability, acquired psychiatric disorders (including PTSD and adjustment disorder with anxiety), back disability, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's TBI residuals and left shoulder myofascial pain were aggravated during her period of active duty for training (ACDUTRA).,PTSD due to MST is considered in equipoise with the evidence, as are right and left ankle disabilities.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and adjustment disorder with anxiety.

The Board has withdrawn the appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder; fibromyalgia; tinnitus; bilateral hearing loss; and eczema. The right knee and left knee disorders are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar disability and psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder, are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD with TBI, shoulder impingement syndrome, and osteoarthritis of the left ankle, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted his claim for total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is granted a rating of 70 percent disabling prior to March 1, 2022. A rating in excess of 70 percent for the same condition from March 1, 2022, is denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for PTSD and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection were dismissed.,New evidence received since the October 2013 rating decision has reopened claims for service connection, but not all of these claims have been granted.

The Veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder was rated at 30 percent prior to December 8, 2020, and increased to 70 percent thereafter. The Board found the severity of symptoms more closely approximated a 70 percent rating but denied an increase in rating beyond 70 percent.