PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, an increase from the initial rating of 10 percent. The skin condition claim remains pending.

The Board has determined that an effective date of August 11, 2000, is warranted for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need to verify stressors and conduct a VA examination. The case will be returned for further action.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, reflecting occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and interruptions in work performance due to self-imposed isolation.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining additional VA and Vet Center records since service. He will also be reexamined by a VA psychiatric specialist to determine the degree of social and industrial impairment resulting from his post-traumatic stress disorder.

The veteran's PTSD and leg injury residuals are currently rated at 10 percent each, with no higher ratings granted. The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations.

The veteran's service connection claims for PTSD and coronary artery disease have been denied as there is no evidence of a direct relationship to his military service or the claimed stressors.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right elbow disability, gastritis, and a neuropsychiatric condition (claimed as PTSD), finding that these conditions are not related to his active military service. The veteran does not have any current service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depression, and depressive disorder, as well as hypertension. The Board found that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by active duty service.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have a diagnosed PTSD or an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and did not find any evidence linking his current low back disorder to service. As such, these claims were denied.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for further development, including verification of stressors and submission of evidence.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to lack of credible supporting evidence of the claimed in-service stressors. The claim for hearing loss remains pending.

The Board granted the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a 100 percent disability rating, effective from January 25, 1994, and October 12, 1995 respectively.

The VA determined that the appellant's PTSD symptoms, when considered alone, do not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent. The Board found that his nonservice-connected major depressive disorder does not affect this decision.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD was increased to a 30% rating effective September 25, 1995. Service connection for low back disorder and hypertension were also established.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a TDIU, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that a TDIU was warranted within one year prior to January 22, 2001.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD secondary to sexual assault and an increased disability rating for bilateral hearing loss. The decision found that there was no credible evidence supporting the occurrence of the claimed stressors, leading to a denial.

The veteran's PTSD results in significant occupational impairment and severe social impairment, meeting the criteria for a 70 percent evaluation.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The evidence submitted is new and material as it relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim - whether appellant's current nervous condition was incurred in or aggravated by military service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and increased ratings for psychogenic gastrointestinal reaction with deformed duodenal bulb from chronic peptic ulcer disease, currently rated as 30 percent disabling, and intestinal ancylostomiasis were denied. The Board found no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD and that the veteran did not meet the diagnostic requirements for PTSD.