PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The veteran argues that his PTSD prevented him from initiating an appeal/request for waiver of recovery of overpayment due to a hospitalization during the 180-day period. The case is being remanded to obtain missing VA treatment records.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining relevant treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of the veteran's PTSD. The claim will be reviewed again after this additional development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for his service-connected schizo-affective disorder with PTSD and seizure disorder, finding that the issues were barred as a matter of law due to the finality of prior decisions.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD due to new evidence, but denied the claim on the merits as there is no credible supporting evidence that the veteran's claimed in-service stressor occurred.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has restored a 50 percent disability evaluation for the veteran's service-connected panic disorder with agoraphobia and PTSD, finding that his condition has improved to warrant this rating. The veteran is not entitled to an increased rating as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cause of death was not caused or contributed to by his service-connected PTSD, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals found that the veteran's claimed PTSD and ADHD were not incurred in or aggravated during active military service, and thus denied his claims.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and his claimed PTSD stressor remains uncorroborated, thus denying service connection for PTSD.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and bilateral hearing loss due to a lack of evidence supporting these claims.

The veteran's increased rating claims for residuals of a right knee injury, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and appendectomy scar were denied. The RO found that the veteran did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under applicable VA rating criteria.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and PTSD, finding that these conditions are related to his military service. The increased rating claim for hypertensive cardiovascular disease and the compensable rating claim for prostatitis remain pending.

The Board has determined that the appellant's PTSD disability, along with his ethanol dependence and depressive disorder, results in total occupational and social impairment. Therefore, a 100 percent rating is granted for the appellant's PTSD.

The veteran has been diagnosed with PTSD, but there is no credible evidence of the claimed in-service stressors. As a result, service connection for PTSD cannot be established.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD primarily results in suicidal ideations, depression, increased inability to function independently and concentrate, occasional olfactory and visual hallucinations, nightmares, flashbacks, extreme difficulties sleeping, feelings of anger and rage, anxiety, poor relationships with others, and social isolation with a strong preference to be alone. This has resulted in moderate to severe but less than total social and occupational impairment, warranting a 70 percent disability rating.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination and obtaining recent medical records. The issues of entitlement to an increased rating for PTSD and service connection for paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia are pending.

The veteran is granted service connection for PTSD, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no verified non-combat stressor and his statements were not corroborated by evidence.

The veteran's PTSD has been shown to be productive of no more than occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD should be remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the occurrence of in-service stressors and a need for further psychiatric evaluation.