PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, effective July 19, 2017. The symptoms more nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including personality disorder, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and PTSD, was granted a disability rating of 70 percent from September 18, 2013, to March 29, 2018.

The Veteran's PTSD resulted in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent disability rating. The issue of entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed as moot due to the Veteran already receiving a 100 percent schedular disability rating for his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient VA examination reports and further development is needed.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA opinion to determine if the Veteran had an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and whether it contributed to his death. The appellant contends that the Veteran had PTSD related to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a head injury, PTSD, and TBI have been remanded due to the need for additional medical examination. The Board will consider these issues again after further review of the evidence.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for MDD, to include as secondary to PTSD, and for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities. The reasons for remand include inadequate VA opinions and failure to consider all evidence in the decision.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate VA examinations and the need for additional clinical records. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being reviewed again to determine its etiology.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and industrial background, resulting in the denial of TDIU.

The Veteran's claim to reopen previously denied claims for service connection for depression and PTSD has been granted. The Board finds that the evidence received since the January 2013 and February 2016 rating decisions relates to unestablished facts and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, thus reopening the claim. However, the Veteran's claim for service connection remains remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of his acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge under other than honorable conditions for willful and persistent misconduct bars him from receiving service-connected compensation benefits. The appeal is REMANDED to obtain a medical opinion regarding the relationship between the appellant's cervical spine spondylosis and his parachute jumps and airborne training during service, as well as an examination to determine the nature and etiology of any PTSD or other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied. The rating for his cervical spine disability prior to October 11, 2018, was granted at a 30% level but not higher. His request for a TDIU was withdrawn.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depressive disorder, was granted an initial disability rating of 50% prior to October 15, 2014.,Since October 15, 2014, the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder has not met the criteria for a higher disability rating.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent prior to March 29, 2019. A rating in excess of 50 percent is denied.,A 70 percent rating for PTSD effective from March 29, 2019, has been granted.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for additional development, including a new VA examination and consideration of TDIU.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to non-compliance with previous remand directives. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is now pending.

The Veteran's PTSD (previously rated as generalized anxiety disorder) is granted with a disability rating of 70 percent from March 21, 2017 to November 2, 2020.

The Veteran's TDIU was granted effective May 1, 2016. The Board has now determined that the earlier effective date of November 1, 2010 should be granted as part of the initial increased rating claim for PTSD.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate due to incomplete consideration of whether his PTSD alone warrants these benefits throughout the appeal period, including after May 16, 2016. The AOJ is instructed to consider this issue in conjunction with their decision on the other claim.