PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for various disabilities, including a lumbar spine disability, PTSD, left shoulder disability, hearing loss, depression, insomnia, jaw pain disability, and anxiety. The only issue remanded was entitlement to service connection for right leg nerve damage.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all claims, including those related to various disabilities and service connection.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings and a TDIU, dismissed an earlier effective date claim for LLER, and denied SMC based on housebound status.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, vision loss, erectile dysfunction, undiagnosed illness (Gulf War illness), and a rating in excess of 70 percent disabling for PTSD with alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of August 8, 2021, for the assignment of a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder was granted a 70 percent rating, while other service-connected conditions were denied higher ratings.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of April 13, 2022 for the awards of service connection for PTSD, headaches, and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for revision of an August 2006 and a May 2007 rating decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and alcohol use disorder, but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss. The claims for service connection for hypertension, GERD, IBS, and neurological disorders were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, finding that there was no evidence of worsening conditions prior to February 16, 2023.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD, TDIU, and service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for an opiate dependency disorder is dismissed, and the claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus is denied. Several other claims are remanded for further development.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD and granted a 70 percent rating, but no higher, for PTSD. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and initial rating, as well as a TDIU, due to insufficient evidence linking his claimed conditions to active service or establishing current diagnoses.

The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral knee injury, head injury, photophobia, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and schizophrenia to allow VA to obtain potentially relevant Social Security Administration records.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder, based on the evidence of record.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for a VA examination due to insufficient evidence.

The appeal for service connection for anxiety disorder, depression, and PTSD has been dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for right ear sensorineural hearing loss, left ear sensorineural hearing loss, and tinnitus. The claims for anxiety, depression, PTSD, and feet and toes were remanded for further development.