PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The appeal to readjudicate the claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are dismissed as there is no question of law or fact on appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an increased disability evaluation in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.

The Board denied entitlement to accrued benefits and DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 because the Veteran did not meet the statutory requirements. The Board remanded entitlement to service connection for cause of death and survivor's pension benefits to obtain a medical opinion on whether the Veteran's service-connected PTSD aggravated his sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for an initial rating greater than 10 percent for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder and service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to obtain private treatment records.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent evaluation with an effective date of July 24, 2023.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities prior to April 21, 2021, but denied ratings in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and 40 percent for peripheral neuropathy since that date.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, effective May 26, 2009.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for erectile dysfunction and dismissed his claim for a compensable special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The Board also remanded the claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Veteran's PTSD has been rated at 50 percent, but no higher, on and after November 19, 2023.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for increased ratings of bowel urgency, PTSD, and right ankle disability.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD, finding that a timely substantive appeal was not received and thus the March 2009 SOC became final.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased initial ratings for PTSD and a TDIU rating, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depressive disorder and PTSD, based on the Veteran's credible in-service stressor account.

The Board remands the case to obtain new VA opinions regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and lumbar spine degenerative joint disease caused or contributed to his death.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his in-service experiences during the Persian Gulf War.

The Board granted a TDIU due to service-connected PTSD and denied an initial rating greater than 10 percent for CAD, as well as TDUIs related to thoracic strain with osteophytic spurring and epicondylitis, right elbow.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, GAD, MDD, unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, and neurocognitive disorder secondary to alcohol abuse, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service incident.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied service connection for right knee arthritis, left knee arthritis, a right shoulder contusion, left shoulder arthritis, cervical spine arthritis, right upper extremity tremors, and left upper extremity tremors.