PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2024

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is caused by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 70 percent rating from July 22, 2019 to the present. The effective date for this increased rating is set as February 26, 2012.,Prior to July 20, 2020, the Veteran was not granted entitlement to TDIU. However, a 70 percent rating for PTSD and an effective date of July 22, 2019 for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits were established.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD is dismissed due to the grant of service-connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. Service connection was denied for bilateral hearing loss, left knee condition, right knee condition, and low back condition. The appeals for migraine headaches and post-concussion syndrome are remanded.

Your claim for PTSD has been resolved in your favor, and you are now receiving full benefits. The rating assigned is 100 percent effective from April 26, 2021.

The Veteran is entitled to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected disabilities.,However, the Veteran does not meet the criteria for SMC by reason of being housebound as he does not have a single disability rated 100% disabling with other service-connected independently ratable at 60%, or be permanently housebound by reason of service-connected disability or disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded due to new evidence received within one year of the February 2010 rating decision, which indicates that the Veteran was unable to work due to PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of November 29, 2021, for a 100 percent rating for PTSD. The Board found it not factually ascertainable that the Veteran's PTSD worsened in the one-year period prior to November 29, 2021.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for PTSD and OSA due to errors in providing necessary notice and obtaining relevant military records.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of PTSD was denied, and the appeal to service connect Sleep Apnea was dismissed due to concurrent appeals.

The Veteran's appeal for reducing ratings for bilateral hearing loss and migraine headaches, as well as claims for increased ratings for PTSD and colon cancer, has been dismissed due to the appellant withdrawing the appeal.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded to determine the validity of his overpayment claims and to consider a waiver request for the debts.

The Board has remanded the case due to inconsistencies in the February 2020 VA examination and the Veteran's lay statements regarding why he did not seek mental health treatment in service. The examiner found that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder was less likely than not incurred in, or caused by service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no causal relationship between his current PTSD and military service.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, which meets the criteria for a higher rating. The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a 100% rating but granted an increased rating to 70%.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error regarding whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorder was aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran's somatic symptom disorder is granted service connection, and the Board has remanded for further development regarding PTSD ratings and back disability ratings.

The Veteran's request to readjudicate his claims for service connection for PTSD and MDD was denied because the new evidence submitted did not provide any new or relevant information.

The Veteran's claims of a higher rating for depressive disorder and service connection for PTSD are being remanded due to the failure to provide proper notice regarding an examination scheduled in April 2023.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is denied because there is no current diagnosis of PTSD related to his military service, and the symptoms he reported are already covered by a pre-existing anxiety disorder with insomnia that is already service-connected.

The Veteran's death was not due to his service-connected PTSD with paranoid schizophrenia and alcohol abuse, but the Board has ordered a remand for further medical evaluation.