PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's PTSD with an alcohol-use disorder and major depressive disorder is granted a 100% evaluation, effective November 18, 2016. The VA has ordered remands for evaluations of thoracolumbar myofascial syndrome and left ankle sprain.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, adjustment disorder, anxiety, and depression, have been granted due to the submission of new and relevant evidence.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of August 8, 2016 is granted as this is the date VA received her intent to file. The Board finds that she has continuously pursued her claim and thus, an effective date of August 8, 2016, but no earlier, is warranted.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent disabling, effective October 19, 2021. The Board also granted a TDIU from this date due to the combined effect of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected PTSD contributed substantially or materially to his cause of death, which was an acute myocardial infarction.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive disorder, psychosis, and/or PTSD, as well as alcohol use disorder. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, right knee and left knee conditions, hearing loss, tinnitus, and back issues, rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from September 25, 2017, to January 14, 2020. The Board granted the Veteran's claim for TDIU based on these disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted a 50 percent rating, effective from August 12, 2019. The Veteran also received an award of TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not substantially contribute to his employment handicap, and he was found employable with his current skills, experience, and education. The Board denied the Veteran's claim for VR&E benefits as he does not have an employment handicap.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, but no higher. The loss of sense of smell and taste are both denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring an additional examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, is being remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The AOJ will now consider whether the Veteran has a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent from April 5, 2021.,Hypertension has been granted as service-connected.,Obstructive sleep apnea and heart disorders (including atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure) are also service-connected.,Migraines have been granted as service-connected.,The Veteran is now eligible for a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of September 29, 2008, for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The earliest possible effective date is based on the date VA received notice of her intent to file a claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a close friend's death in Vietnam is granted, as the evidence supports a current diagnosis of PTSD and links it to the claimed stressor.

The Board has already granted the Veteran's TDIU claim, which rendered this appeal moot.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD is dismissed because the benefit has already been granted and there are no unresolved issues.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the 100 percent rating of his psychiatric disability and establishment of basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) is remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board has granted earlier effective dates for the increased evaluation of PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, TDIU, and eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits. The effective date is set at April 11, 2016.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant as they do not result in loss of use of extremities, blindness in both eyes, full thickness or subdermal burns, or an inhalation injury.