PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Veteran is granted an initial rating of 70 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified sleep disorder and insomnia.

The Board granted an initial 100 percent evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), effective from November 13, 2015.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea, prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for service connection for PTSD and anxiety disorder.

The Board granted an initial increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD with substance abuse, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety based on a personal assault, as well as a fatigue disorder, to include chronic fatigue syndrome, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and OSA.

The Board granted an effective date of April 17, 2017 for the grant of service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 5, 1997, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder based on new and material evidence.

The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD to obtain outstanding private treatment records.

The appeal for an initial rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD was dismissed due to the untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not warrant such a rating prior to March 1, 2021.

The Board granted increased ratings for headaches, CAD, PTSD, and lumbar strain with arthritis, while denying increased ratings for hypertension and diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with adjustment disorder and service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a separate evaluation for TBI and PTSD, which are currently evaluated as 70 percent disabling under DC 8045-9411.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability was granted a 70 percent rating for the period from August 17, 2020 to April 25, 2021, but an increased rating in excess of 70 percent was denied. The claim for TDIU prior to February 3, 2022, and increased ratings for knee disabilities were also denied.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent disability rating from October 9, 2018, and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) beginning February 25, 2021.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to secondary causes. The claims for erectile dysfunction and an acquired psychiatric disorder were remanded.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD prior to January 21, 2020 and granted a TDIU from December 6, 2019 to January 21, 2020, as well as basic eligibility for DEA benefits under Chapter 35 as of December 6, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to the Veteran's active-duty service.