PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including hip disabilities and psychiatric disorders, have been reopened. The cases are remanded to determine the appropriate service connection based on new evidence.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The right shoulder condition is remanded as it may be related to her service-connected left shoulder disability.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and development of his claims, including a VA examination to assess the current nature and severity of his service-connected bilateral hearing loss, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD rendered him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, leading to a TDIU rating from September 13, 2006.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for PTSD and increased rating for Anxiety Disorder NOS due to the need for additional evidentiary development.

The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for the award of a 40 percent rating for TBI and a TDIU are denied. The Board found that there was no legal basis to establish an earlier effective date for these awards, as they were based on service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at a 30 percent for the period prior to November 8, 2014 and following March 1, 2015 and prior to November 9, 2017 and following March 1, 2018.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a rating in excess of 30 percent for bipolar II disorder, PTSD, and generalized anxiety disorder prior to July 8, 2014, and in excess of 70 percent from July 8, 2014, were dismissed. The appeal seeking entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities was remanded.

The Veteran's headaches are granted service connection and rated at 30%. The rating for fibromyalgia is denied. PTSD ratings prior to February 4, 2015, are denied. PTSD ratings from February 4, 2015, are also denied. An earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for fibromyalgia is denied.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to incomplete information about his work history and income. Additional records are needed, including updated VA treatment records and a completed VA Form 21-8940.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for PTSD service connection is denied as the evidence does not show clear and unmistakable error in prior denials.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for PTSD with major depressive disorder and left lower extremity radiculopathy due to a lack of current evidence reflecting their severity.

The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and a higher rating for PTSD have been denied. The Veteran has no more than Level I hearing loss in both ears, which corresponds to a noncompensable disability rating. For his PTSD, the Board found that the symptoms do not meet the criteria for a 100% rating due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including posttraumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and panic disorder.

The Veteran's PTSD with nervous disorder has been rated at 70 percent since February 21, 2008. The Board denied a higher rating as the symptoms do not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 70 percent disability rating, but no higher. The TDIU claim was not addressed in this decision.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU due to in-service personal assault allegations. Additional development is needed, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, including major depressive disorder, was granted. The claims to reopen PTSD, anxiety, and bipolar disorder were also granted.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is denied because his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.

An earlier effective date of April 5, 2011, is granted for the award of service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). An effective date prior to December 3, 2012, is denied for the award of service connection for Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD).