PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders including PTSD and depression are related to service or any event or injury during service.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted a rating of 70 percent, but no higher. The service connection for an anxiety disorder is dismissed.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and panic disorder, finding that his current symptoms are related to an in-service MST during basic training.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with associated insomnia is granted a rating of 50 percent, reflecting occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran's neck disabilities, including degenerative joint disease with cervical spondylosis, cervical radiculopathy, degenerative disc disease, myofascial pain syndrome, and chronic pain syndrome, are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's headache disability is remanded for further examination to determine its etiology.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including unspecified depressive disorder and other specified anxiety disorder, are remanded for further evaluation.

The appeal is granted for service connection of PTSD, extraction of 4 wisdom teeth, fractured rib, left ankle pain, left knee pain, left wrist pain, refractive eye surgery, and right shoulder bursitis. The appeals of entitlement to service connection for PTSD and entitlement to service connection for right shoulder bursitis are dismissed as moot.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection of OCD, PTSD, and Anxiety due to insufficient evidence in the record.

The Veteran's PTSD resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent rating.

The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of ambulance transportation provided on August 7, 2019 is granted because the treatment was rendered during a medical emergency and no VA facility was feasibly available.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues with the development of in-service stressors and the need for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any currently diagnosed psychiatric disorders, including PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is related to his active service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for PTSD and bilateral hearing loss has been denied. The Veteran failed to appear for scheduled VA examinations, which were necessary to determine the current severity of his service-connected conditions.,The Veteran also withdrew his appeal regarding a higher rating for tinnitus at his Board hearing.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to new and relevant evidence presented in a supplemental claim. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder, are related to her active service.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is found to be related to his service-connected PTSD and peripheral neuropathy, granting service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied, but the Board granted service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, to include depression. The decision is based on the Veteran's reported in-service stressors and his diagnosis of other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder and major depressive disorder.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD and bruxism is dismissed because the issue remains pending in the legacy appeals system.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD due to military sexual trauma (MST) and found that the Veteran's statements, including his reports of depression, substance abuse, nightmares, and sleep impairment since his MST in service, corroborate the reported in-service assaults. The Board also found credible supporting evidence that the in-service stressor identified by the Veteran occurred.

The Veteran's earlier effective date appeal for PTSD based on CUE in a November 1986 rating decision has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, specifically PTSD based on MST, is rated at 30 percent and the appeal for a higher rating has been denied.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's claim was not timely filed before May 8, 2019.