PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current MDD and PTSD are related to his active service. The issues include entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which encompasses both MDD and PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as part of the Veteran's already established service-connected Major Depressive Disorder with Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD is denied because the earliest effective date allowed by law is March 30, 2018.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depression, and obstructive sleep apnea. The Veteran's symptoms have been linked to her military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting medical evidence regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and issues with establishing claimed stressors for PTSD. The Veteran will be asked to provide a comprehensive statement about his claimed stressors, and an examination will be scheduled to determine the nature and etiology of his acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and MST-related conditions, has been dismissed due to the appellant's death. The Board does not have jurisdiction to proceed with the case.

The appeals for increased ratings for PTSD, tinnitus, left knee tendonitis/tendinosis, and left ankle sprain residuals are dismissed. The appeals regarding service connection for bilateral hearing loss, TBI with associated headaches and sleep apnea, lumbosacral strain, right knee tendonitis (limitation of extension), and right knee tendonitis (limitation of flexion) are remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD with substance abuse, headaches, and tinnitus, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and specific phobia. The decision acknowledges that the Veteran's current mental health issues are related to his in-service stressors and service-connected left ankle disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, migraine headaches, TBI residuals, and tinnitus result in functional limitations that make it impossible for him to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's lumbar strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine was restored to a 20% rating effective June 12, 2017.,The Veteran's PTSD was restored to a 50% rating effective February 1, 2019.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is proximately due to or aggravated by their service-connected PTSD and migraine headaches.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to a lack of response from him regarding additional evidence, and requests that any new evidence be submitted. The appeal is also being remanded for obtaining outstanding VA treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for migraines was denied, and the claim for an increased rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder, opioid use disorder, and TBI is remanded for further review.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD due to MST. The case is remanded for further development and examination.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and MDD. The June 2018 medical opinion is deemed inadequate as it solely relied on a lack of in-service records without considering the Veteran's statements about his symptoms onset during service.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's military sexual trauma (MST) is an in-service stressor linked to his current symptoms.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 50% rating prior to March 20, 2020. The Veteran's CFS is granted a 60% rating from May 31, 2019, to March 18, 2020.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and Eustachian tube dysfunction, as well as his claim for TDIU, are being remanded due to the need for additional development including VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, an eye disability, hepatitis C, left knee osteoarthritis, and right knee strain. The evidence did not support a valid diagnosis of PTSD based on a corroborated in-service stressor.