PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment as of September 13, 2012. The Board has remanded the issue for referral to VA's Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular TDIU consideration from January 9, 2012, to September 13, 2012.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for his service connection for PTSD, finding that no communication or evidence following a final September 2012 rating decision and prior to September 29, 2016, may be interpreted as an informal or formal claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient research into the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor event. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and the issue was previously denied by the RO and then by the Board. The VA needs to verify the event that allegedly occurred during his military service.

The Veteran's PTSD was found to be less severe than the criteria for a higher rating prior to February 10, 2017. The TDIU claim was also denied as of July 12, 2021.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and TDIU due to service-connected disability. The case is being remanded for additional development.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder (subthreshold PTSD), is granted. However, the Veteran's bipolar disorder is denied.

The Veteran's right ear hearing loss disability is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability for VA purposes.,For the period prior to September 7, 2021, the Veteran's left knee DJD with patellofemoral syndrome was rated at 10 percent. From March 1, 2022, the rating has been denied as there is no evidence of a higher disability.,The Veteran's left knee replacement from June 15, 2018 to September 7, 2021, received a separate 10 percent rating for instability. From March 1, 2022, the Veteran's left knee replacement has been denied as there is no evidence of higher disability.,The Veteran's PTSD was granted at a 70 percent rating from June 15, 2018 to September 7, 2021. The appeal for a higher rating remains pending.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for a higher rating of PTSD, resulting in the dismissal of this issue.

The Veteran's claim for reopening service connection for a cervical spine disorder was denied due to lack of new and material evidence. The case is remanded for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD from August 18, 2014.

The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in the August 2020 VA psychiatric examination and medical opinion, as well as incomplete verification of the Veteran's claimed stressor. The AOJ is required to obtain additional evidence and opinions on service connection for PTSD and bilateral foot disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, finding that there is no competent and probative evidence associating his current psychiatric disorders with his military service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including bi-polar I disorder, PTSD, mood disorder, and depression, is granted as service-connected due to aggravation by the removal of his right testicle. The TDIU claim is also remanded.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated as 50 percent disabling prior to July 12, 2021. The evidence does not show occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas or total occupational and social impairment.,As of July 12, 2021, the Veteran's PTSD is rated as 70 percent disabling. However, the evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is dismissed. The Board finds there is no justiciable case or controversy regarding this issue as the March 2018 rating decision already granted service connection for an adjustment disorder, claimed as PTSD. The low back disability claim is remanded due to lack of a VA examination and missing treatment records.

The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings and service connection has been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's initial disability ratings for PTSD and Migraine Headaches are denied as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable VA rating schedule.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, diabetes mellitus type II remains at 10 percent, and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities are both rated at 10 percent. Service connection for hypertension was granted on a presumptive basis under the PACT Act.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was denied. The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for athlete's foot with onychomycosis was granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a hand tremor were denied as there was no verified in-service stressor or chronic condition, respectively.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 100% effective February 21, 2017. The Board found that there was a factually ascertainable increase in disability prior to September 20, 2017.