PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's PTSD is granted as it was related to in-service stressors.,Brain cancer, presumed due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam, is also granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, arthritis of the lower back, neuropathy of the left peroneal nerve, and a shell fragment wound of the left thigh, require him to have regular aid and attendance. The Board has granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on this need.

The Veteran's appeal for TDIU and SMC based on aid and attendance was denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU rating prior to August 26, 2021 due to his employment at a liquor store.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms, including difficulty adapting to work environments and occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, have been found to meet the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating.

The Veteran is in receipt of a total (100%) schedular rating from December 21, 2017. The appeal for TDIU prior to December 21, 2017, has been denied as the effective date was granted earlier.

The Board has decided to remand the claim for service connection of PTSD due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran needs to be provided with an examination and medical opinion regarding whether he experienced a personal assault in service that led to his current PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for service connection on a secondary basis have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding her claimed conditions.

The Veteran's PTSD is now rated at 50 percent effective May 1, 2020. Prior to this date, the rating was 30 percent.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, and the Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for PTSD was denied because the effective date is set to the date of filing, May 14, 2020, as it is later than the date entitlement arose.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and anxiety. The evidence supports a finding that these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to her reported in-service personal assault.

The Veteran's PTSD was productive of reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent rating prior to December 11, 2023.

The Veteran's PTSD with alcohol use disorder is rated at 70 percent, but the Board denied a higher rating as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board has granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, related to the Veteran's military sexual trauma during her service.,Service connection has also been granted for migraines, which were first diagnosed in service.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of February 1, 1993, for service connection due to PTSD with depressive disorder NOS and anxiety disorder NOS based on a finding of no clear and unmistakable error in the August 1993 rating decision.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD resulted in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks, warranting a 30 percent disability rating. The Board found the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claim for PTSD should be remanded due to insufficient evidence to verify his claimed stressors.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, including PTSD with Major Depressive Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder, was found to have manifested as no worse than occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms such as depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks (weekly or less often), chronic sleep impairment, disturbances of motivation and mood, difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, including work or a work-like setting, inability to establish and maintain effective relationships, suicidal ideation, intrusive memories, dissociative reactions (such as flashbacks), avoidance of reminders of trauma, irritability and angry outbursts, hypervigilance, and an exaggerated startle response. The Veteran's disability rating was denied for a higher than 70 percent rating.