PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100% disability rating for service-connected PTSD is denied. The Board found that there was no factually ascertainable increase in the Veteran's PTSD-related symptomatology within one year prior to March 17, 2017.,New and relevant evidence has been received sufficient to readjudicate the claims of entitlement to service connection for dizziness/Meniere's syndrome, right triceps condition, left triceps condition, and pes planus disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions regarding his claimed conditions, particularly in relation to Gulf War toxic exposures.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions and inconsistencies in the Veteran's statements regarding a traumatic event during service.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD was denied, and his initial rating for PTSD was granted at 70 percent. The Veteran also received a TDIU based on the combined effects of multiple service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's request to appeal the proposal to reduce his PTSD disability rating is dismissed as premature and no controversy exists.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety due to military sexual trauma (MST), is remanded. The Board finds that a new examination is needed as the previous one was inadequate.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 70 percent rating, effective November 11, 2021. The attorney fees are warranted as the August 2023 rating decision was issued in response to an appeal of a previous denial.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in obtaining relevant records and a need for further development regarding the appellant's mental state at the time of his misconduct.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, and his TDIU claim was granted as of July 16, 2015.

The Veteran's PTSD with obsessive compulsive disorder is rated at 70 percent effective June 29, 2021. The right lower extremity radiculopathy and left lower extremity radiculopathy are each rated as 40 percent disabling since September 11, 2020, and March 11, 2021 respectively. TDIU is granted effective June 29, 2021.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and other trauma and stressor related disorders), and erectile dysfunction due to potential in-service diagnoses and current conditions.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of evidence from his active-duty service period.

The Veteran's OSA is found to be the result of his service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder, and thus granted secondary service connection.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals regarding earlier effective dates for PTSD, migraine headaches, and vertigo due to TBI as they are not appealable decisions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ must obtain all of the Veteran's Vet Center records and associate them with the claims file.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, neurobehavioral condition, and psychiatric disorder due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. Service connection for tinnitus is granted.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is linked to a verified in-service stressor and there is credible supporting evidence of the stressor occurrence.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of nexus opinion for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, specifically PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder. The Veteran needs to be examined again to determine if his current psychiatric disabilities are related to service.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for PTSD is denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension is remanded and will require further examination and opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to August 12, 2020 for service connection of PTSD with an acquired psychiatric disorder. The decision found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a formal diagnosis and thus his claim was not timely filed within one year of separation from service.