PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the issues of right knee condition, bilateral hip condition, PTSD, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal. The Board has granted service connection for residuals of superior labral tear in the right shoulder.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is denied because there is no current diagnosis of PTSD in the medical records.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of hydronephrosis and PTSD are being remanded due to incomplete medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for OSA, including as secondary to PTSD, due to inadequate VA examinations and failure to obtain medical comment regarding the posited attribution of the Veteran's OSA to his obesity caused by his PTSD and/or medication.

The Veteran's PTSD with major depressive disorder was rated at 50 percent prior to February 16, 2021 and denied for a higher rating. Since February 16, 2021, the Veteran's PTSD has not resulted in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection and rating for various disabilities, including PTSD, bilateral hand disability, right knee and hip disabilities, back disability, and neurological disabilities of the lower extremities. The Veteran's left buttock shrapnel wound claim is denied as there is no current disability. His PTSD remains at 50 percent disabling.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD and a TDIU due to insufficient reasons provided in previous decisions, including not adequately addressing symptoms that could warrant a higher rating. The Veteran is also found unemployable due to his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted at a 70% rating as of August 23, 2019. The gastrointestinal disability (claimed as acid reflux) remains under review.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the lack of a schedular rating for PTSD and the need for referral to the Director of Compensation Service for consideration under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).

The Veteran's claim for PTSD is denied as he does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD in accordance with DSM-V.,Claims for right and left knee disabilities are also denied, as the evidence does not show that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate development of his claimed in-service stressors and need for a new VA examination.

The Veteran's TDIU claim for PTSD and fibromyalgia is granted effective February 23, 2011. The claims for increased evaluations of hemorrhoids, fibromyalgia, and PTSD are withdrawn. Service connection for vertigo, arthralgia, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, bruxism, IBS, GERD, and rectal sphincter impairment is remanded.

The Board has withdrawn the appeals for right ear hearing loss and left ear hearing loss. The appeal of PTSD evaluation is remanded due to lack of recent VA treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD with major depressive disorder was denied as there was no clear and unmistakable error in the August 2015 rating decision, which correctly applied the then-existing regulations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no credible evidence of a qualifying in-service stressor and thus the diagnosis of PTSD cannot be established.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for a head injury. The claim for PTSD was granted, with evidence showing it is at least as likely as not caused by an in-service stressor.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to March 30, 2009.

The Board has granted service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as it was incurred during active military service.

The Veteran's application to reopen her claim for service connection of PTSD was granted. The Board also found that the evidence supported reopening her claim for endometriosis, which was previously denied in an August 2002 rating decision.

The Veteran's appeal was denied for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol abuse, as well as service connection for a respiratory disability, joint disability/arthralgia, tremor disability, and ischemic heart disease.,Service connection was not granted for any of the claimed conditions due to lack of evidence supporting their etiology.