PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The VA has granted service connection for PTSD, but the evaluation is noncompensable. The veteran's representative appeals this decision and requests a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a psychiatric examination to assess the severity of the veteran's PTSD.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the local RO via video conference. The case will be returned to the Board after this development.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining VA clinical records and providing the veteran with a comprehensive examination to assess the severity of his PTSD, headaches, and gastritis.

The VA has determined that the veteran's PTSD, which was initially granted in June 2001 with a 10% rating and subsequently increased to 30%, is currently productive of occupational and social impairment with an occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks. This level of disability warrants a 30% evaluation under the criteria for PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD was granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for the period preceding September 8, 1999.

The VA has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD related to his service, and thus, denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the veteran's claims for service connection for low back injury and PTSD. The case is being remanded to the RO for further action.

The veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the submission of additional VA medical records without a waiver, and these records have not been considered by the RO.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent disabling, and the RO has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board found that the veteran did not meet the criteria for PTSD and thus denied his claim of service connection for PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination. The veteran's claim of an increased rating for service-connected PTSD is pending.

The veteran's service connection claim for PTSD is granted as the evidence supports a diagnosis of PTSD, credible supporting evidence that the claimed inservice stressors occurred, and a link between current symptoms and the claimed inservice stressors.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by service, attributing it to post-service traumatic events.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible supporting evidence of the in-service stressor, and denied service connection for a headache disability as there was no medical evidence linking it to service.,Service connection for PTSD requires a link between current symptoms and an in-service stressor. The appellant's reported combat experiences were not corroborated, and his assertions regarding these events are not credible.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, a bipolar disorder, and a panic disorder. The veteran's claims were reopened based on new evidence of her military sexual trauma during active duty.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently suffer from PTSD and therefore, service connection for PTSD cannot be established.

The veteran's claim of entitlement to an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new VA psychiatric examination and consideration of additional evidence.

The Board has found the evidence currently of record sufficient to substantiate the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, and thus grants the veteran's claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for gastrointestinal disorders and PTSD, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his previously denied claims.