PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess his service-connected disabilities and their impact on his employability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his claim. The Board also denied claims for service connection for respiratory problems, sleep disorder, impaired sight, and hearing loss.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and conducting a psychiatric examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a stomach condition was reopened and granted. His PTSD is rated at 70% disabling effective September 30, 2003 with TDIU benefits also granted effective that date.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available. The Veteran's idiopathic thrombocytopenia does not warrant a compensable rating. Service connection for traumatic brain injury was denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking his headaches to service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and major depression, has been reopened. Service connection is granted for major depressive disorder.

The Board has granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's PTSD, effective from March 26, 2008. The previous ratings of 10 percent prior to that date and 30 percent thereafter have been withdrawn.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a left ankle disability, enlarged testicles, and an enlarged prostate. The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for these conditions.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the Veteran's eligibility for service connection for PTSD and a heart condition, including consideration of secondary service connection due to PTSD. The case will be remanded for further action.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development of evidence and due process development, including adjudication of a claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (T/R) in connection with his PTSD.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death, and thus no effective date prior to March 30, 1994 for service connection of PTSD is granted.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for a low back condition, PTSD, and bilateral hearing loss disability have been reopened. The Board has granted these claims.,Service connection is established for PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board has granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD throughout the period on appeal. The TDIU claim is also granted since June 25, 2007.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine the correct diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder and whether it is at least as likely as not related to service. The appellant's claim will be readjudicated after this additional development.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and denied service connection for Depression NOS, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are not related to his military service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and found that he meets the criteria for this condition. Service connection is also granted for ischemic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease, which are presumed to be related to his exposure to herbicides during service in Vietnam.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric diagnoses are related to his military service. The focus is on verifying an in-service stressor and assessing whether any diagnosed conditions are linked to service.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at the maximum disability rating of 100 percent since March 23, 2010. The residuals of GSW of the right eye are rated at a 100 percent disability rating effective from March 23, 2010.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, a bilateral foot disability, a left knee disability, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and acute myocardial ischemia. The decision found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.