PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder and cannabis use disorder is rated at 70 percent effective March 5, 2018.

The Veteran seeks earlier effective dates for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA). The Board denied these requests as the earliest date an award of TDIU could be granted was July 25, 2016.,The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70% since July 25, 2016. DEA benefits were also granted effective July 25, 2016.

The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is not service-connected and does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.,The Veteran's chronic renal disease has not progressed to require dialysis, and thus cannot be rated at higher than 60 percent. The evidence shows that his GFR remains within normal limits.,PTSD was initially granted in September 2013 with a 30% rating. In the August 2020 decision, the Veteran's PTSD rating was increased to 50%, effective April 28, 2020.

Your claim for service connection for PTSD has been fully granted in a previous decision, so there is nothing left to decide.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, are found to be causally related to her in-service traumatic birth of her first child. Service connection is granted.

The Veteran's OSA is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The TDIU claim for PTSD alone is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD), RLE peripheral neuropathy, LLE peripheral neuropathy, RUE peripheral neuropathy, and LUE peripheral neuropathy due to new and relevant evidence having been received.

The Veteran's PTSD and headaches are rated at 70 percent from September 9, 2019, to October 26, 2022. The Veteran is granted a rating of 50 percent for his headaches and 30 percent for his dizziness. Service connection for hypertension is established as secondary to PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated as 50 percent disabling prior to February 23, 2023, and as 70 percent thereafter. The Board found the evidence did not show symptoms warranting a higher rating.,PTSD is rated based on occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient reasons and bases for denying the Veteran's claim, specifically regarding her PTSD diagnosis and MST allegations. The case will be returned to the RO for further examination and consideration.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's unspecified adjustment disorder, finding that it is aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive disorder and PTSD, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current symptoms and his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as of November 18, 2014. The Board granted a TDIU on an extra-schedular basis.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have resulted in social and occupational impairment, but not to the extent that they prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation. A disability rating of 70 percent is granted for PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as the evidence does not show a link between current symptoms and in-service stressors.,Service connection for a left leg condition was also denied due to lack of aggravation during service. The Veteran's current knee disability is more likely attributed to post-service heavy work.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 70 percent rating prior to November 7, 2016. The appeal for a higher rating on and after November 7, 2016, is denied. The TDIU claim prior to October 31, 2015, is also denied.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder and TBI have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment since August 7, 2020. He is now eligible for SMC based on a single total disability rating.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development related to his claims of service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and an eye disorder.,Specifically, the Veteran needs a VA examination closer to his residence to address his claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss. Additionally, his claim for service connection for presbyopia with photophobia is remanded as no medical opinion has addressed whether he currently suffers from blindness in both eyes.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for PTSD because there is no credible evidence of the claimed in-service stressors and even after applying the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.304(f)(3).

The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service-connected due to a credible stressor event during her military service.