PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claim for a disability rating of 100 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD with major depressive disorder, panic disorder without agoraphobia, bipolar II disorder and moderate cannabis use disorder, is granted. The effective date for this grant is set at August 25, 2010.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right hip disabilities, as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and/or major depressive disorder), and a skin disability have been remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The Board found that the Veteran has asserted continuity of symptoms since service.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The Veteran also receives a TDIU rating due to the combined impact of multiple service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal for earlier effective dates on claims of increased rating, TDIU, and DEA has been dismissed as moot due to the full grant of benefits in a prior decision.

The Veteran's appeal regarding the April 1, 2020 rating decision was dismissed as he did not timely file a VA Form 10182 and good cause has not been shown to extend the filing deadline.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD, finding that there is no evidence to support a diagnosis of PTSD and that it did not develop from his military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD, finding insufficient evidence to link his current condition to his military service.

The Veteran's back disability and left lower extremity radiculopathy are rated at 40 percent, but the rating for PTSD is denied. The Veteran also received a TDIU.

The Board found that the Veteran's cause of death was not related to service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for cause of death.

The Veteran's lumbar spinal stenosis is granted as service connected, secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.,The Veteran's PTSD does not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for PTSD is dismissed.,Entitlement to service connection for a back condition is denied.

Service connection for PTSD has been granted.,Service connection for a left leg condition (claimed as neuropathy) is denied. The Veteran's claim for this issue was remanded.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD has been dismissed because he requested to withdraw his appeal.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea, which is secondary to his service-connected mental health disorders. The VA needs to provide a new opinion on whether the sleep apnea had its onset during service or is related to any incident of service, and if it was caused by or aggravated by his service-connected mental health conditions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is secondary to and aggravated by his service-connected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Alcohol Use Disorder, granting service connection for OSA on this basis.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and MDD with recurrent episodes, is related to his active service. Service connection for this condition has been granted.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and migraine disabilities render her unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between current hearing loss and service, despite noise exposure during service.,Tinnitus was not manifest during service or related to service. The Veteran's tinnitus began in 2004, almost two years after honorable discharge from service.,The Veteran does not have a diagnosed eyesight problem. There is no evidence of an in-service event that could be linked to current eye issues.,Service connection for PTSD with Major Depressive Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Tobacco Use Disorder is granted based on the Veteran's reported stressors during deployment in Bosnia.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have been found to be severe enough to warrant a 70 percent disability rating, the highest available under VA guidelines.

The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding an effective date prior to August 10, 2020, for the grant of service connection for PTSD as it was already adjudicated in a previous decision.