PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent prior to December 21, 2007. From December 21, 2007, the disability rating increased to 50 percent.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for PTSD and did not address the issue of a total disability rating due to individual unemployability based on service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently manifested by occasional sleep impairment, mild memory loss, situational anxiety, and minimal effect on social and occupational functioning. The VA adjudicator has determined that the symptoms do not warrant a higher rating.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease, entitlement to a higher initial rating for coronary artery disease, and entitlement to an extraschedular rating for PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD resulted in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The Veteran is entitled to a TDIU effective August 10, 2010, due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn and the case is dismissed as there are no remaining issues for review.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities of postoperative prostate cancer, PTSD, diabetes, tinnitus, and left ear hearing loss are reasonably shown to be of such nature and severity as to prevent him from maintaining substantially gainful employment. Therefore, a TDIU rating is granted.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development and consideration, including obtaining updated VA and private treatment records. The TDIU claim is inextricably intertwined with the PTSD claim.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD did not render him unemployable prior to July 17, 2008. The Acting Director of Compensation Service concluded that the Veteran was not unemployable due solely to his PTSD and denied TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from maintaining substantially gainful employment, and the Board finds that TDIU is not warranted.

The Board found that the reduction from a 70% disability rating to zero percent for PTSD with Major Depressive Disorder was proper as it had been in effect for more than five years.,The Veteran's TDIU claim since April 1, 2016 is denied as he did not meet the schedular rating requirement for a TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a videoconference hearing and issues related to service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD is service-connected due to a non-combat stressor, and her claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has withdrawn the issue of ischemic heart disease due to the Veteran's request. The claim for PTSD is granted as there is at least equipoise evidence supporting a diagnosis of PTSD related to in-service stressors. Service connection for lung disability is granted based on new and material evidence.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder has been withdrawn. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for service connection for a right hand disability is still pending.

The Board has granted service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to the Veteran's reported in-service stressors, resolving all reasonable doubt in his favor.

The Veteran's PTSD was incurred as a result of stressors during service and is granted for accrued benefits purposes.,The Veteran's heart arrhythmia found many years after service was not attributable to disease or injury in service and is denied for accrued benefits purposes.,The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy in the bilateral upper extremities was not attributable to any exposure, disease, or injury in service and is denied for accrued benefits purposes.,The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy in the bilateral lower extremities was not attributable to any exposure, disease, or injury in service and is denied for accrued benefits purposes.