PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, and GAD, is granted as service-connected.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and benefits related to his service-connected knee conditions, PTSD, housebound status, and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for new examinations.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, including as due to MST, needs further investigation and evidence collection. The case is being sent back to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) to gather any incident report submitted by the Veteran following his reported incident of MST in late August 1986.

The Veteran's PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder are rated at 70 percent effective January 20, 2021. The appeal is remanded for further development on issues of service connection.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD was denied, as the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.,The Veteran's claim for TDIU was also denied due to insufficient evidence showing he is unemployable by reason of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety disorder and PTSD. The decision finds that there is credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors and grants service connection based on direct service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for extraschedular consideration of TDIU without considering the Veteran's already 100% rated PTSD. The appeal remains denied.

The Veteran's appeals for a higher rating and TDIU prior to February 20, 2019 have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claims following notification of a new rating decision granting him a 100% disability rating.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and initial disability ratings are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and medical opinions regarding his claimed disabilities, as well as a TDIU claim.

Your claims for service connection related to back disorder, right knee disorder, right foot disorder, left foot disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) have been remanded. The Board found that the evidence is insufficient to establish a direct relationship between these conditions and your active-duty service.,The Veteran's hypertension and headaches were reopened based on new evidence showing potential links to his PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for PTSD with a traumatic brain injury is being remanded due to the submission of an invalid opt-in notice under the modernized appellate system.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, and his GERD is rated at 30 percent. The appeal for a higher rating for PTSD has been granted.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records.

The Veteran's PTSD with cognitive impairments due to MS is granted a 100% rating, and service connection for hemorrhoids as secondary to IBS is granted. The claims of increased ratings for the low back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, GERD, headaches, and kidney stones are all remanded.

For the entire appeal period, a rating in excess of 70 percent for MDD and PTSD is denied.,For the entire appeal period, a rating in excess of 30 percent for tension headache syndrome is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional examinations due to failure to RSVP for scheduled VA examinations. The Veteran's service connection claims are being returned for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from June 6, 2011, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted a 100% disability rating for the Veteran's PTSD, effective from the date of the decision. The issue of entitlement to TDIU based on service-connected PTSD is dismissed as moot due to the grant of a maximum rating.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for kidney stones was dismissed. The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depression, and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, based on credible lay evidence of in-service stressors.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to December 3, 2012. The Board has remanded the case for further development including referral to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular TDIU consideration.