PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Board granted a 100% rating for PTSD and service connection for cirrhosis of the liver, effective December 8, 2022. Attorney fees are eligible based on past-due benefits resulting from this decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, requiring the Veteran to be provided with a VA examination to assess his acquired psychiatric disabilities and their relationship to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to ambiguity in the relevant regulation regarding the effective date of service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and TDIU. The effective date will be determined based on the earliest submission of an application for character of discharge upgrade.

The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for the Veteran's PTSD, finding that his symptoms cause total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD alone prevents him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, qualifying for TDIU. Additionally, the combined rating of his additional disabilities (Acne, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Absence, Acquired Left Testicle, and Tinnitus) meets the 60% threshold required for SMC at the housebound rate.

The Veteran's PTSD with TBI is currently rated at 70 percent, effective August 17, 2015. The appeal for a higher rating has been denied.

The Veteran's PTSD with TBI is currently rated at 70 percent, effective August 17, 2015. The appeal for a higher rating has been denied.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted at a 70 percent rating, effective from November 1, 2018. The previous reduction to a 50 percent rating was overturned.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent since September 19, 2005.,Diabetes mellitus, type II, is rated at 40 percent from October 26, 2021.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, other trauma and stressor related disorder (also claimed as PTSD), is granted with an initial 30 percent rating effective from August 20, 2019.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate efforts by the VA to verify the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor for PTSD. The Veteran was not provided with all necessary information to confirm his presence at or proximity to the location of the event, which is required for service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted a disability rating of 50 percent, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board has granted an increased rating for PTSD to 70 percent and entitlement to TDIU, effective March 13, 2019. The appellant is eligible to receive attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the December 2019 rating decision.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in the AOJ's decision, including a lack of STRs and incomplete VA examination.

Your appeal for service connection for PTSD has been dismissed because you withdrew your request to continue the appeal.

The appeal of the Veteran's request to restore her PTSD rating from 70 percent to 70 percent has been dismissed as moot due to the full grant of benefits.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected insomnia disorder and TBI with left inferior orbit condition are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood is caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, specifically bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, lumbar spine, and scar disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate was previously granted in August 2023, covering the entire period of appeal. The case is now dismissed as there are no longer any unresolved issues.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent since February 24, 2020. The Board found that the severity of his symptoms warranted this rating throughout the appeal period.