PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD prevents him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD was denied as there is no evidence that a claim for service connection for PTSD was received by VA prior to February 25, 2004.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD was granted, with the effective date set as June 16, 2001.

The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen a claim for service connection for PTSD, as no new and material evidence was provided.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to the lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressor and no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's current conditions to active service.

The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to June 6, 1990, for service connection for PTSD is dismissed due to lack of legal merit.

The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen a claim for service connection for PTSD, as new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a 100 percent evaluation, the maximum allowable, effective February 23, 2004.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and adjudication of the propriety of the initial ratings assigned for PTSD, as well as a new issue regarding service connection on a secondary basis for alcohol abuse.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further evidentiary and procedural development regarding the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD.

The appeal is remanded to further develop the evidence related to the Veteran's claimed stressors, including those involving sexual trauma and combat experiences.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated 50 percent prior to March 25, 1986; 100 percent between March 25, 1986, and August 16, 1997; and 70 percent between August 16, 1997, and January 20, 1999. The Veteran was found to be unemployable due to his PTSD beginning in March 1986.

The appeal for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is being remanded to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC) in Washington, DC.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is not manifested by deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, and therefore does not warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have PTSD and denied service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (with depression) was granted a rating of 50 percent, effective June 26, 2008.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the Veteran's PTSD, including obtaining missing treatment records from the Vet Center and Coatesville VAMC.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD as the claimed in-service stressors were not verified by the evidence of record.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms, including impaired impulse control, suicidal ideation, chronic sleep disturbance, nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, flattened affect, anxiety, depression, social isolation, anger with outbursts, irritability, feelings of guilt, memory and concentration deficiencies, and some obsessive rituals, are indicative of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas. The nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected PTSD prevent him from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, dementia, hypertension, headaches, and a bilateral foot disorder. However, the claim for service connection for PTSD was granted.