PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and a rating of 50 percent, but no higher, for migraine headaches prior to April 13, 2021, while denying increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that the severity of his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) precluded him from securing and following any substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) exclusively due to service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from July 13, 2017, and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s)(1) from the same date.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD prior to April 19, 2011, and a 100 percent rating for cirrhosis from October 17, 2007. The claims for increased ratings for PTSD after April 19, 2011, and hepatitis C were denied.

The Veteran's tonic clonic/grand mal seizures are service-connected, but an earlier effective date for the 70 percent rating of PTSD is denied, as well as increased ratings for PTSD and migraines. The TDIU claim was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition to schedule a new VA examination and provide an opinion on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's diagnosed conditions, including PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and stressor related disorder.

The Veteran's PTSD with Alcohol Use Disorder was granted a rating of 70 percent from December 29, 2020 to August 17, 2021 and October 1, 2021 onwards.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) effective September 23, 2019.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for PTSD with alcohol abuse and service connection for essential tremors to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an effective date of December 9, 1997 for the award of service connection for PTSD but remanded a claim for an earlier effective date for DEA benefits.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder has prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to January 26, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, but denied service connection for Raynaud's syndrome.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety, depression, PTSD, and a right shoulder disability to allow the AOJ to adjudicate them in the first instance based on all evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but remanded the claims for left ankle strain with pain and total disability rating due to individual unemployability.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, but granted an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities. A TDIU was also granted on and after May 1, 2013.

The Board granted service connection for six surgical scars and insomnia, as secondary to the service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain status post laminectomy. It also granted a 50% disability rating for the intervertebral disc syndrome with lumbosacral strain status post laminectomy, effective July 31, 2017, and a TDIU due solely to this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, a compensable rating for scar, left frontal area, and service connection for traumatic brain injury.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder, including unspecified personality disorder with unspecified ADHD.