PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent, and the Board denied a higher rating. The Veteran also seeks TDIU based on his service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder, finding that the evidence did not support an in-service onset or relationship to service.

The Board restored the Veteran's 100% rating for PTSD and denied his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent rating for service-connected PTSD is denied. The effective date was assigned in October 2015 and is final.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates were denied. The 100% rating for PTSD with OCD prior to July 16, 2019 was denied as the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment at that time. The GERD and IBS claim had no factual basis for a higher rating or earlier effective date within one year of the claims period.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss, right ankle disability, and left ankle disability have been denied. The Board has also remanded the Veteran's claims for sleep apnea (OSA), acquired psychiatric disability including PTSD and depression, right foot disability, and left foot disability.,For his right ear hearing loss, the Veteran was not granted a compensable rating.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD prevents him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted entitlement to TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date than November 19, 2020, for an award of service connection for PTSD was denied. The effective date assigned is November 19, 2020, as that is the date VA received his supplemental claim.

The Board has granted an effective date of October 21, 2011 for the grant of service connection for OSA, secondary to PTSD. The Veteran's informal claim for OSA was filed on this date.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, and multiple hip and knee conditions, rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board granted a TDIU based on these disabilities.

An initial rating of 30 percent for migraine-headaches is granted.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and MDD, and a lumbar disorder are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The appeal for service connection of PTSD was dismissed because the claim had already been granted in a previous rating decision.

The Veteran's PTSD and adjustment disorder with depressed mood have been granted a higher 70 percent rating, effective from December 23, 2021. The Board also found that the Veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and depression, and has granted TDIU status.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed because he is already receiving a combined schedular rating of 100% for his service-connected disabilities, which means he does not have any single disability rated as totally disabling and thus does not meet the criteria for SMC at the housebound rate.

The Veteran's disability rating for PTSD with alcohol abuse and major depressive disorder was reduced from 100% to 70%, effective March 1, 2022. The Board found that the reduction was improper due to a lack of evidence showing improvement in the ability to function under ordinary conditions.

The Veteran's initial rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder has been granted at a 70 percent level, effective April 25, 2020. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for heart condition and sarcoidosis due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety due to a lack of development regarding claimed stressors, and because an addendum opinion is needed on whether the Veteran's diagnosed adjustment disorder with anxiety was caused or aggravated by his service-connected knee conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and other specified trauma and stressor disorder, is rated at 50 percent for the period from November 25, 2019 to November 24, 2020. The effective date of TDIU and DEA benefits is also set to November 25, 2019.

The Board has granted special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, asthma, bilateral radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve in lower extremities, bilateral radiculopathy of the femoral nerve in lower extremities, hypertension, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and post-operative scars of the lumbosacral spine. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to keep himself clean and presentable due to his conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error in obtaining relevant private treatment records.