PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2022

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.,The Veteran's right knee arthritis is currently rated at 30 percent.

The Veteran's application for benefits under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) was remanded due to insufficient caregiver training and a lack of completion within 90 days. The claim is being returned to the AOJ for further development.

The Veteran's PTSD warrants a 100% rating and the effective date for this grant of service connection is set at November 1, 2021.

The Board has granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, effective from October 11, 2018 through October 27, 2020. The decision finds that the evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran's PTSD resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to June 16, 2021, for the grant of total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied. The effective date for the TDIU was assigned as June 16, 2021, based on the date VA received the intent to file a claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder was granted, and the effective date is set at November 10, 2010.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder, are found to be related to his military service. The Board grants the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's PTSD and CAD are currently rated at 50% and 30%, respectively, and the Board denied higher ratings. The Veteran was granted a TDIU from March 27, 2019.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD is related to his service and grants entitlement to service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD does not render him unemployable or unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board finds that the evidence persuasively weighs against a finding of TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal for a TDIU from December 1, 2019 through March 3, 2021 and an earlier effective date for DEA benefits under U.S.C. Chapter 35 has been dismissed as moot because the benefits sought have been granted in full.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service connected, with the Board finding that his current condition is at least as likely as not related to his active-duty service.

The Veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder is rated at 50 percent, but the Board denied a higher rating and TDIU due to insufficient evidence of occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for a new examination to determine if the Veteran has a current diagnosis of PTSD and whether it is at least as likely as not related to his service.

The Veteran's attorney withdrew all claims of service connection for various conditions, including polysubstance dependence, bipolar disorder, PTSD, bilateral foot peripheral neuropathy, sleep apnea, and renal failure. The Board dismissed these claims as the Veteran had withdrawn them.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD because the claimed in-service stressor could not be verified, and therefore, there was no credible supporting evidence to support the diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary for the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, evaluation of left knee disability, and evaluation of lumbar strain. The TDIU claim will be remanded as well.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, somatic symptom disorder, major depression disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, was denied. The Veteran's cellulitis of the left lower extremity is also denied as not warranting a compensable rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for additional medical opinion regarding whether COPD is related to service or caused by PTSD, specifically addressing symptoms present in 1970 and their relation to PTSD.

The Board dismissed the appeal for attorney fees based on past-due benefits granted in a January 2019 rating decision because the appellant did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) to that fee decision.