PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to pre-decisional errors and insufficient medical opinions, requiring further development of the record.

The Board has remanded the case due to pre-decisional errors and insufficient medical opinions, requiring further development of the record.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of July 9, 2014 for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD is granted. The earliest possible effective date for this rating is July 9, 2014.

The Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to May 11, 2021, for the grant of service connection for PTSD has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of July 9, 2014 for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD is granted. The earliest possible effective date for this rating is July 9, 2014.

The Board has granted service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The decision finds that obesity, caused by PTSD, is a substantial factor in causing or aggravating OSA.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding no evidence of a current disability and concluding that the STRs did not show any qualifying disability during service.

The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error and for an adequate medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The Veteran's alcohol use disorder is also being evaluated.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD with depression effective May 31, 2017. The Veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted after the original denial in January 2018.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD with depression effective May 31, 2017. The Veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted after the original denial in January 2018.

The Veteran's PTSD with alcohol use disorder is rated at 70 percent from July 24, 2023. The rating will remain at 100 percent starting June 5, 2024.

The Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to May 11, 2021, for the grant of service connection for PTSD has been dismissed due to their death.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for their acquired psychiatric disorder as it is already on appeal under another system (AMA).

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development of evidence regarding whether TBI residuals include symptoms that do not overlap with comorbid psychiatric symptoms, and for readjudication.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as a 'social adjustment disorder') including PTSD, bilateral cataracts, photophobia, and a left elbow condition. The claim was also remanded for further evaluation of service connection for melanoma.,Service connection was not granted for any of the conditions due to lack of evidence supporting their onset or causation during military service.

The Board has determined that there is new and relevant evidence to readjudicate the claim of service connection for PTSD. The case is remanded for further examination and analysis.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, unspecified anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder due to a lack of medical nexus between his service and these conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the requirements for a higher rate of special monthly compensation (SMC) than that provided under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l).

The Veteran's claims for an increased rating for residuals of peptic ulcer disease and service connection for any acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to his service-connected residuals of peptic ulcer disease are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.