PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for PTSD was granted, and the issue of service connection for bilateral knee disabilities is remanded due to incomplete STRs.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, depression, and anxiety is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to address his wife's statements about his symptoms.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of his PTSD and sleep disorder. Further examination is needed to determine if these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for generalized anxiety disorder is granted.,Service connection for left lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, secondary to service-connected degenerative disc disease, is granted.

The Veteran's right ankle disability, which includes a service-connected fracture and arthritis, is rated at 30 percent from May 19, 2014. The Board also granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his PTSD and right ankle disabilities.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include dysthymic disorder due to lack of a current disability.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, and entitlement to a TDIU due to the need for additional development.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, and peripheral neuropathy due to presumed herbicide agent exposure. Service connection was denied for onychomycosis, obesity, and GERD.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU. The claim for an increased rating for PTSD is remanded due to evidence of worsening.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder, depression, and PTSD.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the hiatal hernia as of July 24, 2017. The Veteran's PTSD and other conditions do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 100% since September 20, 2017.,Effective September 10, 2018, the Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) for his service-connected disabilities.,The issue of entitlement to total evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) has been rendered moot and dismissed.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with OCD alone is sufficient to render her unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on this.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral congenital pes planus, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression and PTSD), and gout, bilateral feet have all been denied. The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral pes planus is a congenital disease not aggravated by service, his acquired psychiatric disorder does not meet the criteria for service connection as it did not begin during service or be related to an in-service injury, event, or disease, and his gout was not shown to have begun during service.,Service connection on secondary basis has also been denied due to lack of a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance (Chapter 35) benefits was denied as the effective dates could not be established prior to April 6, 2020.,The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for an earlier effective date due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) as a presumptive disability related to service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, and also granted secondary service connection for PTSD. The Veteran's IBS is considered a chronic multisymptom illness under VA regulations.

The Veteran's appeal for a disability rating more than 70 percent for PTSD to include alcohol use disorder from January 9, 2019 was dismissed. A 50 percent disability rating for PTSD to include alcohol use disorder prior to January 9, 2019 is granted.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for PTSD and service connection for right knee disability are being remanded due to procedural errors in obtaining SSA records and the timing of evidence submission.

The appeal for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus is dismissed. The claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) has been reopened, but the rating for degenerative joint disease of lumbar spine with spondylosis remains remanded.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent from September 27, 2010. The respiratory condition claim was remanded.