PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case, including obtaining medical records and conducting a psychiatric examination. The appeal is currently pending due to ongoing remand instructions.

The veteran's vocational rehabilitation training was not considered to be equivalent to on-job or apprenticeship training, and therefore he is not entitled to subsistence allowance for periods when he was not engaged in formal training.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence and clarification. The case is now being sent back to the RO for the requested development, including obtaining service medical records and personnel records, as well as seeking information from USASCRUR regarding the veteran's alleged stressors during service.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence or clarification. The case is now being remanded back to the RO for a VA examination and for any other necessary actions.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence regarding the veteran's claimed PTSD. The case will be returned to the RO for the requested development, including obtaining information from USASCRUR about alleged in-service stressors.

The veteran's death was not caused by his service-connected disabilities, and he should have received a total rating due to unemployability for a period of 10 or more years immediately preceding his death.

The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD from July 8, 1997, and the veteran's service-connected PTSD is manifested by a demonstrable inability to obtain or retain employment.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric conditions, including PTSD and depression, were not incurred in or aggravated by military service due to lack of verified stressors.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected disability, and thus denied both his claim for service connection for the cause of his death and his DIC claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence. The case is now being sent back to the RO for the requested development, including obtaining copies of Deck Logs from the USS CONFLICT (MSO-426) and then reviewing the record again.

The VA determined that the veteran's PTSD was incurred in active service and granted his claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed in-service sexual assaults have not been verified, and therefore, service connection for PTSD cannot be granted.

The Board found that the veteran did not submit a timely substantive appeal of the denial of his claim for service connection for PTSD, and thus dismissed the appeal.

The Board has determined that the appellant's PTSD warrants a 70 percent disability rating, effective from May 30, 2000.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the previously denied claims of service connection for a heart disorder and PTSD. The case is being remanded for additional development.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for post-traumatic stress disorder, effective April 17, 2001.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD and thus nothing to connect to his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 70 percent disability rating, reflecting occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation, near continuous panic or depression affecting function, impaired impulse control, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, and an inability to establish effective relationships.

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

The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is related to his military service in Vietnam, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.