PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran's diagnosis of PTSD did not conform to the applicable diagnostic criteria, and there was insufficient evidence linking current symptoms to an in-service stressor. As a result, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Board found new and material evidence sufficient to reopen claims for PTSD and Priapism. The reduction of irritable bowel syndrome rating from 10% to noncompensable was not proper.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD and therefore cannot establish service connection for this condition.

The Board is remanding the issue of entitlement to an increased evaluation for PTSD to the RO, while maintaining the current 30 percent rating for cervical spine disability.

The Board is remanding the case for further adjudication due to new evidence and procedural issues.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings for PTSD, finding that the schedular criteria were not met and that application of extraschedular provisions was not warranted.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of PTSD was remanded by the Board and is now back before them. The case involves a mixed disposition, with some issues granted and others not, due to the complexity of the appeal process.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for PTSD and an increased rating for his lumbar spine disability, finding that there was insufficient evidence to support these claims.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that the evidence showed sufficient and sustained improvement.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected due to exposure to stressful events during his military service in Korea.

The veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted.

The veteran's initial application for service connection for PTSD was received by the RO on June 30, 1998. The effective date of his grant of service connection for PTSD is fixed as of that same day (June 30, 1998). The veteran contends for a higher initial rating but the evidence does not support such an increase.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent disability evaluation.

The Board finds that the veteran's PTSD does not warrant a higher initial disability rating, as his symptoms are currently adequately addressed by the current 10 percent rating.

The Board denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim had not been submitted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD does not meet or exceed the criteria for a rating in excess of 70 percent, as his symptoms do not warrant such an increase.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent disabling from November 1, 1996 to December 10, 1997. The RO granted a temporary total rating for hospitalization during this period.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no evidence to corroborate his claimed in-service stressors and thus the diagnosis of PTSD could not be linked to service.

The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for the award of nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.,The veteran also seeks an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The RO has granted this claim, but not before September 19, 1997.,The veteran claims service connection for a skin disorder and peripheral neuropathy as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange (AO).,Service connection was denied for both conditions.