PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, has been granted. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss remains denied.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD, finding that no formal or informal claim was filed prior to January 19, 2017.

The Board has granted an increased amount of DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1311(a)(2) for the Veteran's total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU), which was in effect until his death, as it found that the termination of TDIU on September 1986 Board decision constituted CUE.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and further development is needed, including verification of stressors and a new examination for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, but the Board finds that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The Veteran also failed to establish the economic component of TDIU prior to January 30, 2019.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development and evaluation of his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, lumbar spine, bilateral foot, hearing loss, gastritis, GERD, sleep apnea, headaches, vision impairment, cervicalgia, knee disabilities, hip strains, and ankle strains.

The Veteran's PTSD has been granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent, effective from the date of claim.

The Veteran's incontinence is rated at 20 percent, effective February 3, 2006. SMC at the intermediate rate between (l) and (m) is granted due to need for regular aid and attendance based on service-connected congestive heart failure. SMC at the (o) rate is granted due to blindness in both eyes with additional independent disabilities rated as 100 percent disabling.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent since September 7, 2016. The rating will remain effective from that date.,A 70 percent evaluation for PTSD has been granted since September 7, 2016.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as PTSD and bipolar disorder, is granted service connection. A rating of 60 percent for asthmatic bronchitis is granted from October 13, 2022.

The Board has granted service connection for vertigo and remanded the other issues on appeal.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and PVC, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service. Service connection was established based on direct evidence of a link between the current symptoms and the claimed in-service stressor for PTSD, and due to the service-connected hypothyroidism for PVC.

An effective date earlier than September 5, 2008, for the grant of service connection for PTSD with TBI residuals is denied.,An effective date earlier than August 10, 2018, for the grant of service connection for a headache disorder is denied.,Beginning January 26, 2010, a 100 percent rating for PTSD with TBI residuals is granted.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions (other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, tinnitus, and hearing loss) are all granted. The Board finds that the Veteran is not unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connection due to the evidence being in approximate balance regarding its onset during service.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, the highest available rating. Additionally, the Board granted entitlement to TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically PTSD with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder, was granted a rating of 50 percent for the period from September 1, 2016 through April 4, 2017.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and need for further examination. The issues include PTSD, plantar fasciitis with arthritis, right knee arthritis, diastasis recti, right lower leg stress fracture, and left lower leg stress fracture.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at a 70 percent disability rating, effective from the date of this decision. The issue of entitlement to TDIU is remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, left knee disability, and left hip disability due to lack of current diagnoses or credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors.