PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and granted an earlier effective date of February 21, 2018, for the award of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with insomnia disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding no factually ascertainable earlier date of worsening.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is dismissed as duplicative.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the (l) level based on his need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 12, 2021, for service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and alcohol use disorder, but denied a rating in excess of 70 percent from June 20, 2023, for these conditions. The Board also granted an earlier effective date for service connection for superficial pustular cystic acne and acne scarring.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, TBI, headaches, heart disease, left and right foot disorders, and a higher disability rating for the gunshot wound through-and-through scar residuals -abdomen, with muscle group XIX involvement.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD with alcohol use disorder, in early remission.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and remanded the claims for TDIU and DEA prior to March 31, 2015.

The Board granted an effective date of August 30, 2019 for the award of service connection for PTSD and a disability rating of 70 percent from that date.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD prior to August 21, 2023.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including facial injury with six teeth missing, sinus disability, right eye injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, acquired psychiatric disability, cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes mellitus type II, and cause of death, as well as Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, to the AOJ for further development.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD and a rating greater than 50 percent for the condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board granted an effective date of January 29, 2019, for the award of service connection for scar of the left lower quadrant of abdomen and a 70 percent rating for PTSD since August 28, 2019. The claims for increased ratings were denied.

The appeal for service connection and evaluation of several conditions, including left wrist condition, respiratory issues, left knee condition, PTSD, and earlier effective dates, was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a total disability rating from August 22, 2019, and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate from September 30, 2019. The Veteran is also granted individual unemployability based on service-connected disabilities from December 1, 2013.

The motion to revise or reverse a January 2009 rating decision that denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on the Veteran's in-service stressors.

The Board denied ratings in excess of 60 percent for prostate cancer, 30 percent for PTSD, and noncompensable ratings for hypertension and chronic kidney disease. However, TDIU was granted due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.