PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for further examination. The veteran's service connection claim for PTSD is pending.

The Board is remanding the case to determine if new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a previously denied claim of service connection for PTSD. The veteran's claims are related to his alleged experiences during military service in Japan.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD, finding that no earlier claim was filed and that the veteran did not meet eligibility criteria for a liberalizing law or VA issue.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and colon cancer were denied. The Board found that the veteran did not have a current diagnosis of PTSD, and there was no causal link between his presumed Agent Orange exposure in service and subsequent development of colon cancer.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, hearing loss, and tinnitus as there is no evidence of in-service stressors or current disabilities related to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected based on a verified in-service stressor. However, there is no evidence linking his prostate cancer to his military service or exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has granted an increased rating of 70 percent for the veteran's PTSD, effective October 25, 2000.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic PTSD is related to an inservice attempted homosexual rape, and service connection for this condition is granted.

The veteran's claims for residuals of a brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), arthritis of the hands, and sleep deprivation are denied. The veteran is granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae and bilateral knee disability.

The veteran's appeals for increased ratings were denied. The Board found no legal basis for the assignment of a schedular evaluation in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus, and denied compensable ratings for bilateral hearing loss prior to November 9, 2005, and from that date forward. A rating in excess of 30 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder was also denied.

The Board found that there is no competent evidence to associate PTSD or other acquired psychiatric disorder with the veteran's military service. The scars of the left flank and palm of the right hand were incurred in active service, but the scars on the dorsum and palm of the left and right hands could not be satisfactorily dissociated from the veteran's military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD and that his major depression was not related to his military service.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board has granted a rating in excess of this for his PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD requires further development, including obtaining unit records and conducting a VA examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of the claimed condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran should be provided a VA examination to determine whether he has PTSD due to service stressors, and his claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's claimed conditions to his active service. The veteran was not granted service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, a vision condition, headaches, or a digestive condition.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was not related to his military service and denied the claim.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD and denied the veteran's claim for service connection. The knee disability issue is remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for PTSD. The evidence did not support a finding of in-service hearing loss or PTSD, and the current conditions are considered to be related to the natural progression of aging rather than military service.