PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The veteran's 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 disability evaluation in excess of 50 percent.

The veteran's PTSD symptoms are severe enough to warrant a 70 percent rating, but not a 100 percent rating. The evidence is insufficient to reopen the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a skin disorder.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling the veteran for a new VA PTSD examination.

The appeal is remanded to reschedule the veteran's videoconference hearing.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and PTSD as the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the veteran's military service.

The veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD is granted, and the case is remanded for further development.

The veteran's appeal was partially granted, with separate 10 percent evaluations for bilateral shin splints and hallux valgus, but denied for a right breast cyst and hemorrhoids. The claims for higher initial evaluations for PTSD, degenerative changes of the lumbar spine, trochanteric bursitis of both hips, and ankle strains were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for chronic headaches, sinusitis, hay fever, and psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus was set as February 4, 2006.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a sleep disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a sleep disorder in service or for over 50 years following discharge and no continuity of symptomatology.

The veteran's PTSD was found to be more severe than initially rated, warranting a higher evaluation.

The Board remands the claim for a VA PTSD examination to determine if the veteran meets the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD and whether it is related to service.

The veteran's PTSD was incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, depression, a right eye disability, and migraine headaches. The veteran's claims for increased ratings for urethral stricture, cervical strain with degenerative joint disease, hemorrhoids, and status post right elbow surgery were also denied.

The Board denied service connection for low back disability, eye disability (dry eyes), psychiatric disability (including PTSD), and alcohol abuse.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 15, 1982, for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected PTSD was denied because the evidence did not establish that he is unemployable as a result of his service-connected disability.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent for both periods, prior to and after August 28, 2007.

The appeal was denied due to the lack of a confirmed diagnosis of PTSD based on verified in-service stressors.

The veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder was denied due to a lack of credible supporting evidence corroborating his claimed in-service stressors.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis and no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor actually occurred.