PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board has ordered the case back to the RO for additional development due to incomplete stressor verification and missing medical records.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to July 22, 2002.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have PTSD and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right thigh and PTSD were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support ratings in excess of 10 percent for the right thigh condition or any higher evaluation for PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied, and he did not have any other service-connected disabilities at the time of his death. The Board found that there were no verified stressors related to his military service, and thus could not establish service connection.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 50 percent rating prior to February 14, 2005 and a 70 percent rating since then. The appeal for higher ratings is denied.

The Veteran's service connection for PTSD and Anxiety Disorder NOS is granted, while a compensable rating for superficial perivascular dermatitis of both arms remains denied.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including verification of stressors and a VA psychiatric examination to determine if he has PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and traumatic arthritis of the right ankle, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the latter claim. The rating decisions denying these claims are final.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a headache disability, finding no credible evidence to support the occurrence of the claimed stressors or current diagnoses.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings on May 5, 2009.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to his death.

The Veteran's PTSD is not shown by the medical evidence of record to be related to a stressor event incurred during active military service. Therefore, his claim for service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board found that the appellant did not serve in combat and there was no independently corroborated stressor event to support a current diagnosis of PTSD. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at the highest available level (70%) since July 2, 2005. The RO granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for PTSD in a June 2006 rating decision.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development due to the need to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors and determine the nature of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD has been productive of a disability picture that more nearly approximates that of social and industrial impairment with deficiencies in most areas and an inability to establish and maintain effective relationships, warranting a 70 percent rating.

The Board found that the Veteran did not engage in combat and there is no credible evidence to support his claimed stressors. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Veteran's PTSD has been manifested by reduced reliability and productivity, with symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impairment of short- and long-term memory, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood. The Board finds that the disability picture most nearly approximates a 50 percent rating for PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining substantially gainful employment, and the Board grants TDIU.