PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran is granted a 40 percent disability rating for residuals of prostate cancer from September 1, 2011. The appeal for higher ratings and TDIU are denied.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and a back/neck disability. The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional development.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with ADHD did not meet the minimum percentage requirements for a TDIU on a schedular basis from September 16, 2009 to December 6, 2011. The Board found that there was no evidence of unemployability due to his service-connected disability prior to December 7, 2011.

The Board has determined that an effective date of October 24, 2007 for the award of service connection for PTSD is warranted. The issue of the evaluation of PTSD for the period prior to July 14, 2016 must be remanded to the AOJ for consideration in the first instance.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and diabetes mellitus type II was denied. The Board found no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicide agents, which is required for presumptive service connection under the Agent Orange Act. For PTSD, there were no verified stressors and the onset of symptoms occurred decades after separation from service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, and nonservice-connected pension benefits. The reasons given were that there was no verified stressor related to military service, the veteran did not meet the threshold criteria for a TDIU, and she did not have qualifying active duty service for nonservice-connected pension purposes.

The Board found that the Veteran's reported in-service stressor did not occur and there was no medical evidence linking his current PTSD to a verified in-service event. Therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left hip disability, status post THA was denied. The Board found that the additional disability did not result from VA care or negligence. Service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder was granted and rated at 70 percent effective February 18, 2004.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD, is rated at 70 percent since May 1, 2017. The claim for a higher rating prior to that date and after May 1, 2017, has been denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the cervical spine disability and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy claims, and that there was no evidence of a nexus between the disabilities and service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran has been diagnosed with PTSD and depressive disorder that are related to his reported in-service stressors/military service, and the Board finds service connection for these conditions is warranted.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 30 percent since July 30, 1982 through November 2, 2002. The appeal for a higher rating after that date has been dismissed.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 70 percent since June 20, 2017. Prior to that date, the claim was denied.,PTSD symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, and mood.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board finds that the Veteran's jaw disability is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to the lack of verified in-service stressors. Service connection for a lumbar spine disorder was not reopened as new and material evidence was not provided.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted service connection, with a rating of 10 percent prior to April 18, 2017. The Board found that the symptoms did not cause total occupational and social impairment but caused some occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 50 percent since August 4, 2010 and denied for an increased rating.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, did not manifest during service or is etiologically related to active service.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent disability rating from September 18, 2006 to May 5, 2011.