PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The VA granted a 50 percent rating for the veteran's PTSD, effective April 10, 2004. The claim remains pending as it was not fully resolved.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD, finding that he did not meet all eligibility criteria on the effective date of the liberalizing law or VA issue. The veteran is currently rated at 100% for PTSD since March 25, 2004.

The veteran's application for Service Disabled Veterans Insurance was denied because it was not filed within the two-year period after his service connection for PTSD was granted, and there is no evidence of mental incompetence during that time.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD and concluded that the veteran's claim for service connection was denied.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no evidence of a verified stressor or current diagnosis attributable to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination and medical opinion regarding the veteran's service-connected PTSD. The effective date of the grant of service connection remains to be determined.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has granted a higher rating of 70 percent effective from September 17, 2001.

The Board found that the veteran's injuries were not proximately caused by his participation in VA vocational rehabilitation training, and thus denied both PTSD and broken nose claims under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The veteran's skin rash and respiratory problems were not found to be service-connected. The psychiatric disorder (PTSD) was found to be service-connected.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD, effective from the date service connection was granted (May 16, 2002), based on occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is not service-connected due to lack of corroborating evidence for his claimed in-service personal assault.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat and her stressors were not verified. The evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD related to service.

The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for PTSD needs further development due to unverified in-service stressors.

The evidence is in approximate balance as to whether the probative medical evidence of record supports a finding that the veteran's service-connected PTSD is manifested by sleep difficulty, flashbacks, hypervigilance, irritability and low frustration tolerance, avoidance of crowds, anxiety, and social isolation resulting in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. The Board finds that giving the veteran the benefit of the doubt, the schedular criteria for a 50 rating, but no more, for PTSD have been met.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a rating of 50 percent, effective from the date of receipt of his claim for service connection.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent from April 15, 2003 to June 2, 2004. Effective June 11, 2004, the rating for PTSD was increased to 100 percent.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent disabling. The Board has granted a TDIU award due to the veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including higher evaluations for PTSD and DM, service connection for hypertension, and service connection for congestive heart failure.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's in-service stressors and for further examination if combat participation is confirmed.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the veteran's claims for PTSD and headaches, both of which were previously denied. The decision remains in favor of denial.