PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) solely due to service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was dismissed because the claim was improperly accepted and docketed.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, and unspecified anxiety with panic symptoms and depressive distress, based on the Veteran's in-service stressors.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and major depressive disorder, but denied service connection for left leg arthritis, right leg arthritis, sleep apnea, a head scar, and a chin scar.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, persistent depressive disorder and anxiety, as there was no diagnosis of PTSD that meets the DSM-5 criteria and no causal linkage between the in-service event and the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and bipolar disorder, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressor.

The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD and bilateral glaucoma were granted, with the earliest effective date being July 25, 2018.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD as he failed to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, as the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as it is related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder, granted an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits from January 2, 2015.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for cause of death due to the inextricably intertwined pending issues of entitlement to service connection.

The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to August 16, 2017, for the assignment of a 100 percent disability rating for service-connected PTSD was dismissed as a matter of law.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and bipolar II, bilateral plantar fasciitis, removal of varicose veins in both legs, left Achilles tendon tear, status post repair, and a scar on the left Achilles region.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dismissed the appeal of entitlement to service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but no higher, due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected psychiatric disability, service connection for persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for nephrolithiasis (kidney stones), and service connection for hypertension. The claim for a compensable rating for migraine headaches was remanded.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 13, 2018, for the 100 percent disability rating for PTSD and granted service connection for a heart condition. The reduction of the disability rating for bilateral hearing loss was upheld.

The Veteran's service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability to include depression and PTSD was granted, while claims for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), left restless leg syndrome, right restless leg syndrome, chronic headaches, and bilateral tinnitus were denied or remanded.

The Board denied the claims for increased disability evaluations and effective dates, as well as dismissed the claims related to lung cancer and SMC on housebound status.