PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted initial ratings for lumbosacral degenerative disc disease and radiculopathies but denied an increased rating for PTSD. The claims for service connection for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome were remanded.

The Board granted an effective date of October 8, 1993, for the Veteran's service connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as PTSD, and residuals of an in-service hepatitis C infection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no credible evidence that his current condition is related to in-service events.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from July 15, 2020, and a TDIU from October 1, 2018, but the increased ratings for both conditions were denied.

The Board granted an effective date of April 15, 2000, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with borderline personality disorder due to a lack of notice to the Veteran of the July 2001 rating decision.

The Board granted an effective date of August 8, 2013, for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and September 20, 2019, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and the motion for revision or reversal based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) of the November 2009 rating decision were denied.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, diabetic nephropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, and tinnitus, have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD and granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for COPD from March 25, 2021, to January 29, 2024.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol use related disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded certain issues related to TDIU and DEA benefits.

The Board granted the restoration of a 70 percent rating for PTSD and major depressive disorder, finding that the reduction was improper.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as the Veteran's claim was reopened in February 2023, and the earliest possible effective date is that date.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective February 19, 2015.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric condition, including adjustment disorder, panic disorder and cannabis use disorder, is sufficiently severe to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as of July 22, 2021.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) precluded him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several new claims.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with polysubstance dependence, finding that the Veteran's claimed stressor of working on the funeral detail during his military service is related to his current condition.