PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly PTSD, make him unemployable and the Board finds in favor of his TDIU claim.

The veteran's PTSD and residuals of shrapnel injury, left calf, Muscle Group XI are both rated at 10 percent. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating for either condition.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to adjudicate the veteran's claims for service connection, including obtaining SSA records and affording the veteran a VA examination.

The Board has received a request for withdrawal of the appeal regarding service connection for PTSD. As such, the appeal is dismissed.

The veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD was granted effective May 16, 1995. The Board found that the diagnosis of PTSD existed since at least January 1995 when he was admitted to the PTSD clinic.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and numbness in the hands and feet secondary to exposure to Agent Orange, finding that there is no evidence of a verified stressor related to service or any link between current symptoms and service. The claim for numbness in the hands and feet was also not granted as presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for scheduling a videoconference hearing before the Board.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is related to his service, specifically handling human remains during active duty in Germany.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board has granted a higher rating of 70 percent.

The veteran's psychiatric disability, including PTSD, was not incurred or aggravated by active service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete records and issues related to service connection for the cause of death.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by service due to a lack of verified stressors, and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete records and further examination.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining information about the veteran's activities in Vietnam and scheduling a comprehensive psychiatric examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and other issues, finding no clear and unmistakable error in a June 1968 rating decision denying his claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of burns to the arms and legs.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining his VA employee personnel file and clarifying whether he wishes to claim service connection for PTSD. The RO/AMC will also make arrangements for the veteran to be examined by an examiner to determine the nature, extent, and etiology of any manifested neuropsychiatric disability.

The VA is remanding the case for further development due to new evidence received from the Social Security Administration.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD or kidney disease that is related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to lack of confirmed in-service stressors and current diagnosis. Service connection was also denied for lumbosacral strain as the condition is not related to service or a presumptive exposure basis.