PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder, major depressive disorder, and PTSD. The appeal was remanded for service connection of skin cancer.

The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to May 28, 2009 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities not preventing him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination and the presence of outstanding records. The Veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, are being reviewed.

The Veteran's claims for hair loss, a psychiatric disability (including PTSD and major depressive disorder), and hypertension have been reopened due to the submission of new evidence. Service connection is granted for hair loss.,The Veteran’s right knee and left knee disabilities are remanded as additional information is needed regarding their etiology.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD and TDIU is being remanded due to the need for clarification on whether PTSD was incurred during service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient verification of an in-service stressor, specifically seeing a Marine who committed suicide at the Marine Barracks. The Veteran's service personnel records will be obtained and he will undergo an examination to determine if he has a psychiatric disorder related to active service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis for the period prior to January 13, 2014.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for PTSD and TDIU is being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is related to service or his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD due to insufficient examination reports.

Service connection for PTSD with MDD is granted due to the Veteran's credible in-service stressors and medical evidence linking his current symptoms to those events.

The Board has denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, and the service connection claim for left knee condition is remanded.

The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings for PTSD and TDIU is being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and information regarding the Veteran's earned income.

The Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor related disorder is granted with a 70% rating, effective from the date of his RAMP election. Service connection for PTSD is also granted. The claim for hypertension remains pending.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible evidence of the claimed in-service stressors and that they were not consistent with the circumstances of the appellant's service.

The Veteran's claim for an increased initial disability rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD was denied.,The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected PTSD was granted.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 50% from February 12, 2016 to October 13, 2016. The effective date for the grant of TDIU is granted as of February 12, 2016.

The Veteran has withdrawn all his appeals, including the ones related to osteoporosis, loss of memory, sleeplessness, muscle aches and pain of multiple joints, and PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, has become moot.

The Board has ordered the case to be remanded due to an error in the medical opinion regarding the aggravation of nonservice-connected disabilities by service-connected PTSD. The examiner is requested to provide a new opinion addressing whether the Veteran's COPD and pneumonia underwent an incremental increase in disability, regardless of its permanence, due to his service-connected PTSD.