PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of January 27, 2010 for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The Board denied the appeal for reducing the PTSD rating from 100% to 70% and discontinuing special monthly compensation based on statutory housebound status.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD and remanded the claim for service connection for hepatitis C.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to the Veteran's experiences during his deployment to Afghanistan.

The Veteran withdrew all pending appeals, as he is now rated 100 percent from November 22, 2022.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions prevented her from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment from April 4, 2022, to April 22, 2023.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and basic eligibility to Dependents' Education Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted eligibility for attorney fees based on the past-due benefits awarded in a July 2024 Rating Decision.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD with MDD, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted an effective date of July 11, 2023, for the grant of service connection for PTSD, migraines, a bilateral shoulder disability, a low back disability, and bilateral knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for PTSD and TDIU due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's treatment history and the need for an updated examination.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is rated at 100 percent from September 7, 2011, due to total social and occupational impairment.

The Board remands the case for a new examination with an addendum opinion to address whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are related to service.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for TBI with PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from October 23, 2008.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals is remanding the Veteran's appeal for a VA psychiatric examination to determine the nature and relationship of any identified psychiatric disability to active service and service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from November 20, 2017, to May 11, 2020.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder and in excess of 10 percent for degenerative changes of the left talus bone to obtain relevant outstanding VA treatment records and to schedule additional examinations.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for PTSD for a supplemental opinion.