PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's competency to handle disbursement of VA funds is remanded due to a lack of clear and convincing evidence in the current record.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error and will obtain a VA examination to determine if there is a medical link between the Veteran's active duty service and his current psychiatric symptoms.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities of PTSD, fibromyalgia, and hypothyroidism render her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with her education and work history.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to MST and for TDIU as part of his increased rating claim. The reasons are to obtain SSA records and clarify employment status.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorder, major depression and PTSD, are granted an evaluation of 70 percent disabling. The issue of entitlement to a rating of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded for further development.

The Veteran was granted a TDIU effective July 30, 2019 due to his service-connected mental health disabilities. The Board found that the Veteran's right ankle disability and tinnitus did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to this date.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent for the entire appeal period, and he is granted TDIU due to service-connected PTSD.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including those for postoperative hiatal hernia with abdominal scar, painful umbilical hernia scar, and an acquired psychiatric condition. The issues of angina and heart problems are also being deferred due to their dependency on the outcome of the service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and Bipolar Disorder, finding that the Veteran's current mental health disabilities are at least as likely as not related to her military service, including a reported in-service sexual assault.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, specifically PTSD and depressive disorder. Additional development is needed to determine if these conditions are service-connected.

The claim for service connection for low back pain has been reopened, and the Veteran's lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease is granted. The psychiatric disability claims are remanded due to conflicting findings in previous evaluations.

The Veteran's PTSD is now rated at 70 percent effective July 30, 2010. The Board also granted a TDIU based on the service-connected PTSD.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including obtaining VA examinations and considering his symptoms since last evaluated in March 2015.

The appeals regarding service connection for various conditions and increased ratings have been dismissed.,Service connection has been granted for a back disability.

The Board dismissed all appeals due to the Veteran's death, including those for PTSD, prostate cancer, anemia, and ischemic heart disease.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, chronic diarrhea, ischemic heart disease, peripheral neuropathy, and PTSD with depression and anxiety, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted a TDIU based on this finding.

The Veteran's claims for service connection related to difficulty swallowing, a broken nose, left and right hand disabilities, sinusitis, a right hip disability, Hepatitis C, an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD and schizoaffective disorder), and bilateral eye disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional development.,The Veteran's claims for service connection related to difficulty swallowing, a broken nose, left and right hand disabilities, sinusitis, a right hip disability, Hepatitis C, an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD and schizoaffective disorder), and bilateral eye disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Veteran's PTSD has been granted a 70 percent rating since July 6, 2020. The effective date for this grant of service connection is denied.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for higher ratings for service-connected PTSD, so the case is dismissed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including prostate cancer and other specified trauma and stress related disorder (formerly PTSD), have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since August 1, 2015.