PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD, to include depression, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD for a new VA examination and medical opinion.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD rendered him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment starting February 26, 2020.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and PTSD with alcohol abuse, as the Veteran's psychiatric disorder did not have its onset in service and is not otherwise related to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to his failure to report for a necessary medical examination without good cause.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to her service-connected PTSD, finding that she was not unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from April 21, 2023 to November 5, 2024.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and obstructive sleep apnea, denied a higher rating for PTSD, and granted a 30 percent rating for urethral stricture.

The Veteran's PTSD with mild alcohol use disorder in partial remission was granted a disability rating of 70 percent, but no more, on and after July 19, 2021. Other claims for increased ratings were denied.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied service connection for other psychiatric disorders, headaches, a left hip condition, hypothyroidism, right optic neuropathy, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), agoraphobia, and bipolar I disorder, based on the Veteran's credible lay statements and supporting evidence.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD, but denied higher ratings and increased initial ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted a schedular 100 percent rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35, but remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).

The Board granted restoration of the 100 percent rating for PTSD beginning on November 1, 2021, as the reduction was not properly supported by evidence of actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD, a compensable rating for right inguinal hernia, and an earlier effective date for service connection of the hernia. The claim for service connection for gastrointestinal problems was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating of PTSD and periodic limb movement disorder due to inadequate VA examinations.

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for PTSD is dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's appeals for increased ratings for PTSD and diabetes mellitus, type II.

The appeal resulted in the denial of service connection for PTSD, depressive disorder, anxiety, and head and left leg scars. The claim for service connection for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy was reopened but not granted on the merits.