PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma is granted. The initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD is granted, but subject to the laws and regulations controlling the award of monetary benefits.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent, but not higher. The functional impact of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms most closely approximates occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, but the Board denied a higher rating. The Veteran was granted TDIU from January 15, 2022 to January 20, 2022.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD and TDIU was denied. The effective date of the grant of a 70 percent rating for other specified trauma and stress related disorder (previously diagnosed as PTSD) is set at August 26, 2020.

The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with PTSD is granted an increased disability rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding the verification of the Veteran's claimed stressors. The Veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for PTSD and TDIU was denied in June 2011. The Court vacated the decision, allowing the Board to consider whether a Notice of Disagreement was received on April 23, 2012. The effective date for the award of TDIU is November 5, 2013.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for PTSD and for TDIU has been granted with effective dates of August 8, 2016, and May 8, 2017 respectively.,PTSD symptoms have caused occupational and social impairment since the date of claim.

The Board vacated the effective date of a 70 percent rating for PTSD from November 15, 2023, and granted it as of April 11, 2023. The TDIU and DEA benefits were also made effective on January 26, 2022.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was granted. The claims for diabetes, lumbar disc disease, right shoulder arthritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), fibromyalgia, and irritable bowel syndrome were denied.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD renders him in need of regular aid and attendance due to his inability to perform daily tasks such as cooking, managing medications, and leaving the house on his own.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder, finding that the evidence supports this conclusion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for aplastic anemia blood disorder and PTSD have been granted, but the claim for back strain is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's motion for revision of the June 1, 2016, Rating Decision because there was no clear and unmistakable error in the decision. The decision granted service connection for PTSD based on evidence available at that time.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent effective April 27, 2017. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's mental health conditions (panic disorder with agoraphobia and PTSD) and lower back condition (degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease) are now service-connected.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded to determine if her PTSD is related to service, and for a new rating for major depressive disorder.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD is dismissed. The issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include depression, is remanded.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for various disabilities, including unspecified anxiety disorder (also claimed as PTSD), tinnitus, obstructive sleep apnea, lumbosacral strain, radiculopathy of the lower extremities, and ankle/sleeve strains. The Veteran did not submit a formal or informal claim prior to March 16, 2015.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure to obtain an adequate medical opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorders, which have been alleged to be the cause of his death.