PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Board has decided that the issues of entitlement to service connection for PTSD and prostate cancer need further review due to new evidence submitted after a previous decision.

The Board has determined that the opinion regarding the cause and aggravation of the Veteran's sleep apnea by his service-connected PTSD is inadequate. Therefore, the case is being remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to the appellant's discharge from service and his claims for service connection. The appeal is not about service connection at all, but rather whether the character of his discharge constitutes a bar to VA benefits.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development to obtain relevant medical records, as there is no indication that these records are pertinent to service connection.

The Veteran's PTSD with TBI prior to March 27, 2020 resulted in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted a rating of 50 percent, but no higher. The Veteran's hypertension is granted service connection due to herbicide agent exposure in Vietnam.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and incomplete evidence. The claims will be further developed to obtain additional information about the Veteran's in-service stressors, as well as treatment records and private medical opinions.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 100% effective December 21, 2011. An SMC at the housebound rate is granted as of that date.

An initial rating of 50 percent for PTSD is granted.,The claim of service connection for a lumbar spine disorder is readjudicated and granted, with the diagnosis being degenerative disc disease.,Service connection for a lumbar spine disorder (degenerative disc disease) is granted.

The Board has granted restoration of the Veteran's PTSD rating to 100 percent, finding that there was no material improvement in his condition and thus reducing it from 100% to 50% was improper.

The Veteran's service connection for PTSD is granted with an initial rating of 70 percent, effective May 9, 2020. The appeal regarding sleep apnea and pseudofolliculitis barbae remains pending.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, unspecified trauma/stressor related disorder and PTSD. The decision finds that his current psychiatric conditions are etiologically related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of his psychiatric disability (PTSD with major depressive disorder) is denied as no valid claim was filed before July 21, 2017.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and diabetes mellitus type II render him unable to secure or maintain any substantially gainful occupation.

The Board dismissed the appeals for an increased rating for PTSD and TDIU as the initial 100 percent rating granted for PTSD rendered the TDIU claim moot.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is denied as there is no basis for a free-standing earlier effective date claim after a final and binding August 2017 rating decision.

The Board has granted service connection for OSA as secondary to PTSD, finding that the Veteran's current OSA is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 50 percent disability rating since June 8, 2020. The VA examiner found the symptoms of PTSD result in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for his service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with bipolar I disorder was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.