PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for PTSD, lumbar spine condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition, and right foot condition due to a lack of evidence supporting their direct or secondary relationship to the Veteran's military service.

The appeal of the proposal to decrease the Veteran's disability rating from 70 percent to 50 percent for his service-connected PTSD with moderate alcohol use disorder is dismissed because no final decision had been made at the time the appeal was filed.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis and no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor occurred. The claim for left lung condition was remanded for further examination under the PACT Act.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's condition more nearly approximates occupational and social impairment in most areas but not total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted a disability evaluation of 70 percent for the Veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, but not total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with unspecified depressive disorder and remanded claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, and peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for ischemic heart disease, anterior trunk scars, and PTSD.

The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for PTSD based on military sexual trauma (MST) is dismissed.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD from November 18, 2022.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for an increased rating of PTSD and service connection for OSA due to a docketing defect in the Legacy system.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent, but no higher, for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the severity and frequency of symptoms that more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for PTSD and a right hip disability, but denied readjustment for the claim of service connection for a low back disability.

The Veteran was granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD from November 24, 2014 to July 13, 2020 and denied a higher rating thereafter. The Veteran's claim for increased rating for labyrinthitis with vertigo was also denied.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and remanded the issues of service connection for sleep apnea and TDIU.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board granted an initial schedular 100 percent rating for PTSD based on the Veteran's symptoms including suicidal ideation, impaired impulse control, persistent delusions or hallucinations, and other significant impairments.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the rates provided by 38 U.S.C. § 1114(o) and (r)(1), based on his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, a low back disability, a right wrist carpal tunnel disability, a left knee disability, a left shoulder disability, tinnitus, and allergies.

The Board granted the Veteran's claim for revision of an October 2017 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) to award an earlier effective date of March 16, 2012, for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD.