PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia due to new and material evidence. However, the claim for PTSD remains denied as there is no verified in-service stressor event and no current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of May 26, 2000 for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The veteran had previously filed claims for a psychiatric disorder in 1995 and 1997 that were not successful, but did not appeal these decisions. A new claim for PTSD was submitted on May 26, 2000, which became effective as the date of receipt.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and left knee disability due to incomplete development of records, including VA outpatient treatment records from Sumter, South Carolina, and medical records from Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The veteran is also scheduled for a VA orthopedic examination and a VA psychiatric examination if necessary.

The Board has ordered further development of the veteran's claims for PTSD and adenomyosis, including obtaining additional medical records and arranging for VA examinations. The case is being remanded to the RO (via AMC) for these purposes.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current diagnosis of PTSD is related to an in-service stressor, and thus service connection for PTSD is granted.

The Board granted an effective date of June 26, 1995 for the assignment of a schedular rating of 100 percent for PTSD and TDIU. The veteran's appeal was denied for earlier effective dates.

The Board's decision on the motion for revision of a June 20, 2006 decision based on clear and unmistakable error is dismissed with prejudice as the Court has vacated and remanded the original decision.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for PTSD due to new and material evidence, but finds that he does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressor involving illegal activities and the intentional death of a co-worker who was placed in a coffin on the veteran's airplane.

The Board has determined that there is no credible evidence to support the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and arthritis of the knees, back, and left elbow. The preponderance of the evidence does not show these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active military service.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD does not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability rating greater than 30 percent, and therefore denied his claim.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including an updated VA psychiatric examination and a review of all relevant records. The case will be readjudicated to determine if the veteran should receive a higher disability rating for PTSD.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board found that the preponderance of evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD, and therefore denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The veteran's request for service connection for PTSD and depression is being remanded due to the need for a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The veteran's claims for PTSD, memory loss, cognitive disorder, headaches, skin rash, and arthritis of the knees were denied as they are not shown to be related to service. The veteran does not have a qualifying chronic disability from undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained multisymptom illness.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bronchitis, hypertension, and PTSD were denied. The Board found no current disability related to these conditions, and the stressors claimed by the veteran for PTSD could not be verified.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD and right eye disability are of such severity as to preclude him from obtaining and retaining all forms of substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a headache disability and post-traumatic stress disorder was denied by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.