PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service connection for hypertension is granted pursuant to the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act of 2022 (PACT Act). Other claims are remanded.

The Board remands the matter for further evidentiary development, specifically to make a formal determination regarding whether the Veteran's stressor event of being involved in an embassy bombing in Beirut, Lebanon is corroborated.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, for accrued benefits purposes.

The Board granted special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another individual due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

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

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted the appellant's eligibility to the direct payment of fees from past due benefits awarded in a May 2021 rating decision granting service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating, and TDIU and SMC were also granted from September 1, 2018. The migraine disability rating was denied.

The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's right knee, left knee, left shoulder, PTSD, migraine headaches, and sinusitis disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, including symptoms of anxiety and depression, related to the Veteran's combat service in Afghanistan.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on the regular aid and assistance of another person due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied a rating of over 30 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss and increased the evaluation of PTSD to 70 percent, but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and bulimia nervosa.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to March 4, 2008, for service connection of posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, persistent depressive disorder with persistent major depressive episode, thoracolumbar spine disability, pelvic pain, to include pain during sexual intercourse, left lower extremity peripheral nerve disability, and right lower extremity peripheral nerve disability. The claims for a left knee disability, right knee disability, right hip arthritis or another right hip disability, high cholesterol, bowel incontinence, 'nerve damage secondary to bowel incontinence', and pain while defecating were denied. Service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 was also denied.

The Board granted the motion to reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a July 2004 rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD, awarding service connection effective May 16, 2003.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for hypertension, an earlier effective date for service connection for CAD and PTSD, and dismissed the TDIU claim.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and a compensable rating for right hip extension, but granted a 10 percent rating for right hip limitation of abduction. The claims for service connection for cervical spine, left hip, and bilateral shoulder disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression), MST and insomnia based on new and relevant evidence. The TDIU issue was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to inadequate medical opinions and a need for additional development.