PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The Veteran's current conditions are considered to be related to her active duty service.,Service connection is established for the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric disabilities (PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD and MDD, are granted as they are related to verified stressors experienced during service.

The Veteran's PTSD with unspecified neurocognitive disorder is rated at 70 percent, but no higher, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression and anxiety, is being remanded due to incomplete records. The Board finds that the Veteran has current diagnoses of these conditions but needs his complete SPRs, private treatment records, and SSA records to be obtained.

The Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder was improperly reduced from a 70% to a 50% rating, and the 70% rating is restored. Service connection for endometriosis is granted, and a 30% disability rating for residuals of ovarian cysts and uterine fibroids s/p hysteroscopy and perforation of the cervix is granted.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disability, including PTSD and other conditions, has been dismissed due to their passing away during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied a TDIU due to service-connected PTSD and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's disabilities alone did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, including as due to military sexual trauma (MST), should be remanded. The AOJ needs to correct any pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors and obtain a VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting the grant of TDIU.

The Board has dismissed the appeals of the claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for PTSD, and service connection for bipolar unspecified under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) System.

The Veteran's helpless child, G., is recognized as a dependent effective March 31, 2005. The Veteran also received an initial 70% rating for his PTSD on the same date.

The Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates and increased ratings were dismissed as the benefits sought have been granted in a previous decision.

The Veteran's TBI with PTSD and alcohol use disorder is rated at a 70 percent disability rating, effective July 5, 2018.

The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors related to the development of the Veteran's PTSD claim, including obtaining VA medical examination and opinion for PTSD regarding whether there was a link between the Veteran's current symptoms and his in-service ankle injury.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was raised as part of his initial service connection claim and has been pending since March 28, 2018. The Board finds that an effective date of March 28, 2018 is warranted due to the Veteran's inability to work since at least 2017, which is attributable to his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and psoriasis are found to have caused his current OSA, thus granting service connection for the condition.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, effective February 26, 2018. The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for hypertension and chronic cardiovascular disease as secondary to hypertension.

The Veteran's appeal is dismissed as the issues being appealed are already before the Board in another docket. The main issue is about an increased rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, which was previously decided by the Board.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right ankle disabilities, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The evidence does not support a finding of current disability in any of these conditions.,Service connection was also denied for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for a rating of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder prior to June 23, 2018 was denied as there is no basis for an earlier effective date.,The Veteran's claim for a rating of 100 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder prior to August 14, 2019 was also denied due to lack of evidence showing the disability had reached that level within one year prior to his supplemental claim.