PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The veteran was denied an effective date earlier than August 19, 2003, for the grant of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, and the remaining issues are being remanded.

The veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) must be further developed before the Board can fairly readjudicate it.

The Veteran's PTSD is not manifested by total occupational impairment, or by occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board granted service connection for arteriosclerotic coronary artery disease, finding that it was aggravated by the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus. Service connection for hypertension and PTSD was denied.

The appeal is remanded for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no credible evidence to support that his claimed in-service stressors occurred and he did not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's effective date for the assignment of a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) was granted as August 19, 1993.

The August 8, 1997, unappealed rating decision that assigned April 4, 1994, as the effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD was clearly and unmistakably erroneous; the correct effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is March 7, 1991.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are related to service, but his depression and PTSD are not.

The Veteran's PTSD is manifested by occupational and social impairment which most nearly approximates reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a disability rating of 50 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no credible supporting evidence that any claimed in-service stressor occurred.

The Veteran's PTSD is manifested by symptoms productive of total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent schedular rating.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted service connection as it was linked to a verified in-service sexual assault during her period of ACDUTRA.

The Veteran's PTSD is manifested by near-continuous depression, frequent panic attacks, irritability, and isolative behavior, producing occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in judgment, thinking, mood, family relations, and potential for work. The Board concludes that the Veteran's PTSD meets the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating.

The Veteran is not entitled to an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD, and the reduction in rating from 100 percent to 30 percent for residuals of hepatic cirrhosis, status post liver transplant, was improper.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent disabling as of July 16, 2008, and 50 percent from May 22, 2003.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the shrapnel fragment wound of the right thigh and a separate 10 percent rating for an entry wound scar, but denied a total schedular rating for the noncorrectable traumatic cataract of the right eye.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding no evidence of exposure to herbicides and no link between the condition and service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no corroborated in-service stressor upon which a diagnosis of PTSD may be based.