PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is related to his service-connected PTSD, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The appeal for service connection of PTSD was denied due to severance. The COPD claim is remanded for further development.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating. Her degenerative arthritis lumbar spine disability is currently rated at 20 percent and her tinnitus is rated at 10 percent. The appeals for increased ratings are denied.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent since March 26, 2018. An earlier effective date for the 70 percent rating has been granted from April 25, 2017.

The Veteran's degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbosacral spine and cervical spine are rated based on limitation of motion. The current ratings do not meet criteria for higher ratings.,PTSD is currently evaluated at a 70 percent rating, which is the maximum available under VA regulations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate the criteria for a 50 percent rating. The evidence supported a 30 percent rating.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as secondary to his service-connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The decision is based on evidence showing that obesity, which developed due to PTSD, was an intermediate step between the service-connected PTSD and the current OSA.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD has been granted an initial rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for PTSD due to a duty to assist error and the need for additional evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed stressors.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 11, 2022, for service connection of PTSD was denied as the claim was not filed until April 11, 2022. The applicable regulations require that a claim be filed on the proper forms.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's TBI and PTSD symptoms are already accounted for under their current combined rating, so a separate rating for TBI residuals is denied.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, is rated at 70 percent from April 20, 2018. The appeal for a higher rating has been granted. Service connection for TBI and the issue of unemployability prior to May 26, 2021 are still pending.

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

The Veteran was granted a TDIU from August 16, 2012, to December 8, 2015, due to his service-connected PTSD and alcohol use disorder preventing him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent prior to February 26, 2024 and denied for a higher rating thereafter.

The Board has granted an effective date of March 29, 1995 for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The Veteran's earlier claim for pension benefits included a mention of these conditions and was considered to be an informal claim for service connection.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD from April 1, 2018 is being remanded due to the need for a VA opinion regarding the severity of his PTSD.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, entitlement to TDIU, and SMC under U.S.C. �1114(s) due to incomplete development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, prostate cancer, and bilateral hearing loss, were sufficiently incapacitating as to prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment for the period prior to May 10, 2020. The Board granted TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD is denied. The rating reduction from 20 percent to 10 percent for lumbosacral spine strain, effective March 23, 2022 was not proper; the 20 percent rating is restored.