PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, with alcohol use disorder secondary to PTSD, is granted an increased rating of 70 percent effective September 27, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act and denied service connection for PTSD, left ear hearing loss, and remanded claims for asthma, low back, neck condition, and tension headaches.

The Board granted an initial increased rating of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but no higher.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD due to military sexual trauma with cannabis use disorder, and determined that the character of discharge is not a bar to VA compensation benefits.

The Board granted service connection for respiratory insufficiency, cardiac arrhythmia, fatigue, and a left elbow condition, while denying service connection for other specified depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, and an initial compensable disability rating for epidydimal cyst. The Board also denied an increased rating for lumbosacral strain.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate as he does not have a single service-connected disability rated as 100 percent and additional disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent, separate and distinct from the 100 percent service-connected disability.

The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbar disorder, left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, and PTSD.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied increased evaluations for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and migraines, but granted a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD beginning December 12, 2017, and a 50 percent evaluation for migraines beginning December 12, 2017.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for an initial rating greater than 70 percent for service-connected PTSD and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD from August 27, 2016.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a 30 percent disability rating for bilateral pes planus. The claims for increased ratings for right hip degenerative arthritis and femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, lumbosacral strain, and service connection for radiculopathy were denied.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with OCD and denied a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for left knee tendinitis.

The Board remands the claims for a higher disability rating and special monthly compensation due to outstanding medical records, inconsistent examination findings, and the need for additional evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and major depressive disorder, for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any such disorders.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the issue of entitlement to total disability due to individual unemployability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, to include mental health disorder, due to a duty-to-assist error in not exhausting all reasonable efforts to obtain the Veteran's National Guard records.

The Board denied the claim for an increased rating for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not warrant a rating higher than 50 percent.

The appeal was dismissed because the VA Form 10182 for service connection claims was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety, and depression, based on the evidence showing a link between the Veteran's symptoms and his service in Vietnam.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher rating for PTSD, and a compensable rating for left ankle arthritis.