PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a low back condition, right hip disability, left hip disability, right knee disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of specific error in the determination being appealed.

The Board granted service connection for a seizure disability from September 19, 2008, denied an increased rating for viral hepatitis B with cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, and cholecystectomy and pancreatitis, and granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder from June 4, 2017 through July 30, 2017.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Veteran's in-service stressors related to a legitimate fear of hostile military activity.

The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD with major depressive and alcohol use disorders, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis and an acquired psychiatric disability, but denied service connection for various other conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for PTSD, a higher rating for migraine headaches, and a higher rating for PTSD.

The appeal for service connection for dyslipidemia was dismissed, and the Veteran's increased rating claim for PTSD and insomnia disorder was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted a TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia with unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressor.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD, finding the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated those associated with a 70 percent rating.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for depression disorder and PTSD, as there was no evidence of a current disability. The claims for a bilateral foot disorder and alopecia areata were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied increased ratings for GERD, hypertension, chronic sinusitis, non-allergic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, functional abdominal pain syndrome, gastric ulcers, chronic fatigue syndrome, dermatitis - hands, post-traumatic stress disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. Service connection was granted for a major depressive disorder (MDD), unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, unspecified eating disorder, and alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as secondary to service-connected tinnitus and/or knee disability, for further development of the record.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Alzheimer's disease, PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for a lower back condition, earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and PTSD, and increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and PTSD. The claims for service connection for right knee and left knee conditions were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus type II, right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, unspecified anxiety disorder (claimed as post-traumatic stress disorder), sleep apnea, and an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and denied service connection for left and right lower extremity radicular pain, paresthesia, chronic fatigue syndrome, other unspecified depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. However, the Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD) based on a verified in-service stressor related to SERE training.