PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The appeal for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder was dismissed due to the death of the veteran.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and shell fragment wound residuals, prevented him from engaging in substantially gainful employment as of October 3, 1989.

The appeal was remanded to the RO for further development and scheduling of a Board hearing.

The Board grants an effective date of April 2, 1992 for the grant of service connection for PTSD.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional service personnel records and provide the Veteran with an examination to clarify his current psychiatric diagnoses and their relationship, if any, to service.

The veteran's bilateral hearing loss has increased and warrants a 20 percent rating, effective July 18, 2005. The veteran does not have PTSD that is related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD has been productive of no more than occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect, impairment of short-and long-term memory, disturbances of motivation and mood, and difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for a new VA PTSD examination due to the Veteran's assertion that his symptomatology has worsened since his last examination.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD does not result in such symptoms as suicidal ideation, obsessional rituals that interfere with routine activities, speech that is intermittently illogical, obscure or irrelevant, spatial disorientation, neglect of personal appearance and hygiene, or inability to establish and maintain effective relationships. However, the veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, liver cirrhosis due to alcoholism, as secondary to service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is characterized by a social and occupational impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, but does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent.

The Board denied service connection for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine due to a lack of evidence supporting a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's PTSD was not found to warrant a rating in excess of 70 percent prior to June 15, 2005, or a rating in excess of 30 percent from that date.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is not manifested by a disability picture that warrants a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Veteran's symptoms of PTSD are not productive of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the Veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia.

The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD is remanded to obtain additional evidence, including VA treatment records and Social Security Administration (SSA) disability records.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent prior to September 7, 2005, and increased to 50 percent from that date.

The Veteran's PTSD was incurred in active service due to verified in-service stressors.

The appeal is remanded to afford the Veteran proper notice and due process, including a new VA examination for PTSD.