PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, SSA records, and deck logs from his ship during his claimed in-service stressor event.

The Veteran's PTSD is found to be causally related to his military service, and the claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for weakness and dizziness has been withdrawn. The claim of service connection for gastrointestinal disorder is pending, but there is no current diagnosis of a gastrointestinal disability in the record. Service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD) remains pending. Tinnitus was not diagnosed in the record. The issue of an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for right knee disability is also pending.

The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of PTSD is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of outstanding VA treatment records.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination and consideration of the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.304.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a comprehensive VA mental disorders examination to determine if the Veteran meets clinical criteria for PTSD and whether his symptoms are related to claimed in-service stressors. The examiner is also asked to provide an opinion on the etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent disabling, meeting the schedular criteria for a higher rating. The Veteran also meets the criteria for a TDIU based on his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran seeks service connection for PTSD. The Board has determined that additional development is required, including obtaining SSA records and attempting to verify the stressor involving the bombing of tanks at Elgin Air Force Base during an exercise in September-December 1948.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The TDIU claim is also pending.

The Veteran's combined disability rating is 80%, which meets the schedular criteria for a total disability rating. However, he is not rendered unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities alone, as his back problems are also significant and limit his employment opportunities.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD. The Veteran's PTSD is found to be related to his fear of hostile military or terrorist activity during service, specifically involving Russian planes flying over an aircraft carrier he served on.

The Veteran's PTSD has caused total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent disability rating.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent since the initial grant of service connection, effective June 16, 2007. The rating was increased to 70 percent on September 18, 2008.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded to obtain a VA examination and review the evidence for possible staged ratings.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and depressive disorder, as well as respiratory and nasal disabilities. The evidence did not support the Veteran's claims.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and the retrieval of outstanding VA medical records.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including VA examinations to assess the severity of his PTSD and abdominal disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining a medical opinion and developing the claim under a recent Court holding.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) has been received. The Board also found that the Veteran's PTSD is related to his in-service stressors, including witnessing a helicopter crash while departing from the U.S.S. Camden.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied in July 2006 due to a lack of diagnosis. The RO granted the claim with an effective date of April 14, 2008, when the Veteran filed his petition to reopen the previously denied claim.