PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board has ordered further development in your case due to the need for additional evidence. Your case was sent to the Board's Evidence Development Unit (EDU) for this purpose.

The veteran's PTSD was productive of total occupational and social impairment prior to May 15, 2002, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board found no evidence of current hypertension and denied service connection. For post-traumatic stress disorder, the veteran was not provided with a PTSD questionnaire or additional information as requested by VA, leading to denial.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations to determine if the veteran's conditions are related to his military service.

The veteran's claims for PTSD and fatigue were denied, while his claim for an increased rating for low back sprain was also denied. The appeal for PTSD was reopened based on new evidence provided by the veteran.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence. The case is now being sent back to the RO for obtaining clinical records and hospital summaries from the Alabama Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation North Alabama Regional Hospital.

The veteran's PTSD symptoms, including nightmares, estrangement from others, sleep difficulties, anger outbursts, concentration problems, and hypervigilance, have caused significant occupational and social impairment warranting a 70 percent disability rating.

The case is being remanded due to the need for proper VCAA notice and development of evidence. The veteran's claims for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus are not yet fully developed.

The VA granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD and assigned a TDIU effective February 11, 2001. The veteran's claim was based on the merits of his service-connected condition.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that new and material evidence had been received since his prior denial in December 1998.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to insufficient detail provided by the veteran regarding his claimed stressors.

The veteran's PTSD was manifested by transient symptoms during the period from January 7, 2000 to his death on February [redacted], 2001. The VA determined that these symptoms were not severe enough to warrant a higher rating.

The veteran's appeal is to determine if he should receive a higher disability rating for his service-connected PTSD. The case has been remanded due to the need for additional development, including scheduling of a VA examination and obtaining treatment records.

The Board has dismissed the appeal on the issue of service connection for residuals of shell fragment wounds to the left lower extremity due to the appellant's request for withdrawal.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for PTSD from February 16, 2001 to March 31, 2003. However, it granted a 50 percent evaluation for the period prior to February 16, 2001.

The Board found that the evidence received since the December 1997 rating decision is not new and material, thus denying the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection of PTSD.

The veteran's appeal for an increased evaluation of his PTSD was dismissed as he withdrew the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, hypertension, bilateral knee disability, and right wrist disorder. They also found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen claims of service connection for low back and left wrist disabilities.

The veteran's PTSD is attributable to service, and the claim for service connection is granted.

The veteran's PTSD was initially rated at 30 percent effective December 28, 1998. It was increased to 50 percent effective November 27, 1998 and to 70 percent effective September 1, 1999.,Effective February 16, 2001, the veteran received a temporary total rating for PTSD until July 15, 2001. Effective July 16, 2001, he was granted a permanent and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to PTSD.