PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with secondary major depressive disorder was granted a TDIU effective April 11, 2017. The appeal for the TDIU prior to that date is dismissed as moot.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and PTSD due to failure of the Veteran to report for VA examinations scheduled in November 2018. The Veteran was provided an opportunity to reschedule the examinations but did not do so without good cause.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD has precluded him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, consistent with his level of education and prior employment history.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for migraine headaches, acquired psychiatric disorder (including sleep disturbances and PTSD), back condition, and left knee strain due to service-connected right knee strain. The claims are being returned for further development including new examinations and medical opinions.

The Veteran's mental health disability, including other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder and other specified depressive disorder with posttraumatic stress disorder, is currently rated at 50 percent. The Board has decided to remand the case for a supplemental statement of the case due to new evidence added since the June 2022 rating decision.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was rated at 50% from January 21, 2020. The appeal for a higher rating is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). The decision is based on the Veteran's reported in-service stressors related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity, which have been confirmed by medical evidence. The Board found that there was a current diagnosis of PTSD and that it was causally related to the in-service stressor events.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hypertension, sleep apnea, an acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD), a right foot disability, coronary artery disease, and diabetes mellitus type II due to incomplete development. The RO must complete the directives set forth in the July 2022 Board remand.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, MDD, PTSD, GERD, migraine headaches, sarcoidosis, and skin lesions/lesions on back are remanded.,An effective date prior to March 10, 2016 for the grants of service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability is denied.

The Board has remanded the cases due to new evidence and requests for additional examinations.

The Board has remanded the reduction of PTSD rating from 70% to 0%, and the restoration of TDIU due to incomplete development.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and medical opinions. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, is now before the Board again.

The Board has found that the VA examination and opinion are inadequate for adjudication purposes due to insufficient consideration of certain stressor events and behavioral changes. The Veteran's claims for PTSD, dysthymic disorder, and anxiety disorder are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's PTSD was initially granted effective January 31, 2007. A 50 percent rating was assigned from that date until April 6, 2014.,Effective April 7, 2014, the Veteran is rated at 100 percent for PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for right knee patellofemoral syndrome and PTSD are remanded due to the need for new examinations and consideration of updated rating criteria.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, but the Board finds that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as his symptoms do not warrant total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no corroborated stressor and no evidence of a psychiatric disability during periods of active duty or inactive duty training.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD was reopened and granted as it is at least as likely as not related to service-connected depressive disorder.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied due to lack of current disability, with no evidence showing a compensable degree of hearing loss within one year after discharge from service.

The Veteran's low back disability is rated at 40 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.,For PTSD prior to May 31, 2022, the Veteran was granted a 30 percent initial rating. From that date forward, he received a 70 percent rating.

Service connection for PTSD was denied as the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD.,The rating in excess of 10 percent for painful right shoulder surgical scar and separate compensable rating for a right shoulder surgical scar were both denied due to lack of evidence supporting higher ratings.