PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and OSA, but granted service connection for chronic right wrist sprain, GERD secondary to PTSD, right sciatic pain secondary to lumbosacral strain, and recurrent bilateral ear infections.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals seeking to reopen service connection claims for PTSD, bilateral knee, and back disorders on the basis of new and relevant evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection and basic eligibility to DEA, as no new evidence was found that would have changed the outcome of the prior denials.

The Board denied service connection for sciatica/nerve pain of the left side and an acquired psychological disability other than PTSD, but granted a 70 percent initial rating for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with insomnia and dismissed the appeals for migraine and eye disorder, to include chronic conjunctivitis (conjunctivochalasis).

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD.

The appeal for an effective date prior to January 18, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and TDIU was dismissed due to untimely filing under the legacy appeal system.

The Board remands the matter for a medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service, as there are indications that it may have preexisted or been aggravated by service.

The Board granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on a direct link to in-service trauma.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from July 19, 2017, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The appeal is remanded to verify in-service stressors and provide VA examinations for the claims of service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, but to include depression and an anxiety disorder, and a poly-substance abuse disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a traumatic brain injury, seizure disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted entitlement to TDIU from January 23, 2015 to October 16, 2017 based on the aggregate impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluding substantially gainful employment. The Board denied service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), finding the evidence persuasively weighs against any relationship to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for service-connected PTSD from November 14, 2022, but denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for the same condition from March 19, 2018 to November 13, 2022.

The appeal is remanded to address the timeliness of a Notice of Disagreement regarding May 2016 and July 2016 rating decisions denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety and PTSD.

The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD and granted service connection for tinnitus, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, pain dysfunction in the right shoulder, and hypertension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for restoration of service connection for PTSD and bipolar disorder beginning December 27, 2014, finding that it was CUE to assign an earlier effective date.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a need for additional evidence and examination.

The Board remands the claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and special monthly compensation due to service-connected disabilities, as additional development is needed.

The Board found that new and relevant evidence was not submitted, and denied the claims for service connection for a left leg gunshot wound, diabetes mellitus (DM), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and hypertension (HTN).