PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 16, 2013 for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits, as well as a higher disability rating for PTSD and a compensable rating for prostatitis.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, and alcohol/cannabis use disorder.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and readjudicated the claim for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD, remanding the latter for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow gainful employment from February 13, 2019, and an earlier effective date for the award of a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding that his symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and remanded the claim for a low back disability.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss. Several service connection claims were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)/military sexual trauma (MST) due to a need for additional development of evidence.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and TDIU due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for depression and denied service connection for PTSD. The claims for right knee, left knee, right hip, left hip, and back conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, effective February 25, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, claimed as PTSD and hypertension based on the evidence of record.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for PTSD, but no higher.

The Board denied the claims for accrued benefits for service connection for coronary artery disease, hypertension, lung cancer, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the Veteran did not have a timely appeal of the final rating decisions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD, earlier effective dates for service connection and evaluation of COPD, and service connection for erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, anxiety, and PTSD, as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of such disorders related to service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, as the probative evidence did not establish a current diagnosis of such a condition that had its onset during active service or was otherwise etiologically related to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the awarded TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities, as it found that the criteria for entitlement to an effective date earlier than October 19, 2021, had not been met.

The Board remands the claims for a higher initial disability rating and entitlement to TDIU due to pre-decisional errors in VA's duty to assist.