PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for service-connected PTSD was remanded for additional medical evidence to differentiate between the symptomatology attributable to his service-connected PTSD and non-service connected psychiatric disabilities.

The veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was denied because the evidence did not support a credible in-service stressor that could be linked to his current diagnosis of PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent prior to December 7, 2006, but the rating was increased to 50 percent as of that date due to worsening symptoms.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied because the evidence did not show a verified stressor.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no evidence of a verified stressor and the evidence did not show that currently clinically diagnosed PTSD is related to any confirmed/verified stressor during active service.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD was rated at 70 percent effective March 20, 2006, due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD and diabetes mellitus, including a separate compensable rating for diabetic gastroparesis, are being remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of October 1, 2002 for a 50 percent rating for PTSD and found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his claim for service connection for a hemangioma.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 30 percent, as it is manifested by occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks due to such symptoms as depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, paranoia, exaggerated startle response, panic attacks 2-3 times per month, and chronic sleep impairment.

The veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was denied due to a lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service sexual assault actually occurred.

The veteran was granted an initial evaluation of 30 percent for PTSD with a secondary panic disorder from December 30, 2004 through February 21, 2008. From February 22, 2008, the rating remained at 50 percent.

The veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating, resolving doubt in his favor.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a low back disorder, a colon disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the veteran's active duty service.

The veteran's PTSD was granted an increased initial rating of 70 percent, effective June 29, 2006, and the Board found that since July 21, 2008, his PTSD has been productive of total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no competent diagnosis of PTSD based upon a verified stressor from service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and diabetes mellitus, type II, claimed as due to herbicide exposure, must be remanded again for further development.

The appeal is remanded for a new VA psychiatric examination to reassess the severity of the veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder.

The veteran was granted an increased initial rating of 50 percent for PTSD prior to September 26, 2005, but a higher rating is not warranted from that date onward.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was not shown to be more severe than currently rated at 50 percent, as it did not result in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The veteran's PTSD was granted a total disability rating beginning October 1, 2003, but not earlier. The claim for an effective date prior to February 11, 2003, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD was denied.