PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board found no credible supporting evidence of the veteran's claimed in-service sexual assault stressor, and thus denied his claim for service connection for PTSD.

The Board has remanded this case for further development, including obtaining a complete educational and employment history from the appellant and scheduling VA examinations to assess his ability to work due to his service-connected disabilities.

The veteran requested to withdraw his appeal, and the Board has dismissed it.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and there is no credible evidence to support his claimed stressors. As a result, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no verified in-service stressor and thus no basis to establish a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no supportable diagnosis of PTSD due to any incident of active service and noting that the veteran did not provide specific information about claimed events.

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

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat while serving in Vietnam and there was no credible supporting evidence to verify his claimed stressors. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The veteran's PTSD is now rated at 50 percent effective from June 30, 2005.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood. The Board finds a reasonable basis for finding that the veteran's PTSD meets the criteria for a 70 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9411.

The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to his service-connected anxiety with depressive and post-traumatic stress features substantially or materially contributing to his death.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent from October 7, 1999 to April 1, 2000.,PTSD was rated at 100 percent effective June 13, 2001.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected due to a stressor related to an in-service boat accident, and he was granted service connection for this condition. The rating assigned remains at zero percent (no compensable disability).

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, neck disorder, left shoulder disorder, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The veteran's claims were not supported by credible evidence of in-service stressors or a link between his current symptoms and any diagnosed conditions.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that the veteran did not meet the criteria to warrant such a date based on the facts in the record.

The veteran does not have PTSD that was incurred in or aggravated by his active service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressors. The claim for reopening the previously denied claim of residuals of a fractured right femur was also denied as no new and material evidence had been received.

The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The case must be remanded again for additional development to determine if there was a prior claim filed before July 26, 2001.

The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for the service-connected PTSD, finding that the veteran's symptoms result in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and requests a new VA examination for anxiety. The veteran's PTSD claim is intertwined with his anxiety disorder, so it will be deferred until after the increased rating issue is resolved.