PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's PTSD and depressive disorder have been rated at 70 percent effective September 18, 2019. The rating is based on the severity of symptoms that cause occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent effective June 24, 2019. The Board also granted the Veteran a TDIU.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ will consider any additional evidence when the claims are readjudicated.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development due to incomplete VA examination reports and missing VA treatment records.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, but the claim for sleep apnea is remanded due to a duty to assist error.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and requires a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for SMC HB was denied as the evidence did not show that he met the criteria for SMC HB based on his service-connected disabilities and unemployability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's OSA is related to her service-connected PTSD, and thus service connection for OSA is granted.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the unclear and inconsistent nature of the October 2020 VA examination report. A new VA examination is needed to determine the current severity of his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for PTSD was dismissed because the appellant withdrew his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 30 percent, effective March 31, 2020. The rating reduction from 30 percent to 20 percent was improper and the 30 percent rating has been restored.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board has found that this rating adequately reflects his current level of impairment. The appeal for a higher rating remains pending.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is found to have substantially contributed to his suicide by a gunshot wound, granting DIC based on the cause of death.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, scars from second degree burns, and severe burns on the right side of his face. The Veteran was granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder in March 2024, which covered some aspects of the PTSD claim.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 50 percent disability rating prior to November 5, 2019. From November 5, 2019, the Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 70 percent disability rating. The Veteran also received TDIU and SMC benefits.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date prior to April 22, 2022 for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD. The Board found that the evidence did not show a factually ascertainable increase in severity of symptoms within one year prior to April 22, 2022.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD and RUE carpal tunnel syndrome were not reopened due to lack of new and relevant evidence.,Claims for effective dates prior to October 29, 2020, for a higher disability rating for bipolar II disorder with anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorder, compensable rating for migraines, SMC based on housebound criteria, and a higher disability rating for lumbosacral strain were denied.

The Board dismissed the appeal seeking revision or reversal based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the February 9, 2004 rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD but did not adjudicate the issue of service connection for schizophrenia.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating, as they were considered to be at the level of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity associated with a 30 percent rating.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, should be remanded due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ needs to provide an adequate examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder.