PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the Veteran's previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD. The issue of residuals of a cold injury, bilateral feet is still pending.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's in-service assault stressor is supported by credible evidence and linked to his current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and VA medical records.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board finds that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on the symptoms presented.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and a medical opinion regarding whether service-connected conditions contributed to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder is being remanded due to the inability to locate his military records, which are necessary to verify the in-service stressor.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disability, including PTSD and major depression, is not service-connected as there is no credible evidence to support the occurrence of the in-service stressors. The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that any of the claimed stressors actually occurred.

The Board found that the Veteran has a current diagnosis of an anxiety disorder with posttraumatic stress disorder features related to traumatic events in service, and granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's claims for skin disability, PTSD, and hypertension have been reopened. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to include PTSD and/or depression remains pending as new evidence has not established a link between the claimed stressors and current symptoms.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional records and further review.

The Veteran's PTSD has been manifested by social and occupational impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency, but generally satisfactory functioning. The preponderance of the evidence is against finding symptoms such as flattened affect; circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once a week; difficulty understanding complex commands; impaired judgment; and/or impaired abstract thinking.

The Veteran's PTSD is manifested by symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, anxiety, disturbances of motivation and mood, and difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships. The Board has determined that the criteria for a 50 percent evaluation have been met.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and thus service connection for such a condition is denied.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to February 3, 1997, for the grant of a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied. The Veteran did not meet the schedular rating requirements for TDIU before March 18, 1993.

The Board has remanded the case due to a violation of the duty to assist, specifically failing to obtain court martial records and contact M.S. for his testimony regarding the Veteran's claimed stressor.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD was denied. The Board found no CUE in the April 1980 rating decision denying service connection for psychomotor epilepsy, and thus, the March 1994 rating decision granting service connection for PTSD with a January 3, 1994 effective date is not subject to revision based on CUE.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is denied as there is no competent evidence of current PTSD.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of posttraumatic stress disorder before the Board could make a decision.

The Board has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to obtain information regarding a sexual assault reported by the Veteran in July 1990, which may be relevant to his claim for PTSD. The case is now remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders and PTSD were not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may a psychosis be presumed to have been incurred in such service.