PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeals for service connection for a back disorder, PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than October 28, 2021 for a 70 percent rating for PTSD with adjustment disorder and granted an effective date of March 1, 2010 for the award of a separate rating for headaches.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on his service-connected disabilities, which meet the schedular criteria for TDIU and preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, from February 2, 2018, but denied an increased rating for PTSD with depressive disorder.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for major depressive disorder and PTSD, as new and relevant evidence was not sufficient to establish a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his active military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and MST, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the February 2021 rating decision on appeal.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate the criteria required for a higher rating.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an award of TDIU due to service-connected disabilities prior to December 31, 2008, and entitlement to an effective date prior to December 31, 2008, for the grant of eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA), as they are inextricably intertwined with the TDIU issue.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for dissection of subclavian artery on the left, effective dates prior to May 30, 2009, for service connection for PTSD, dissection of subclavian artery on the left, and transverse process vertebral fractures at L2-L3.

The claim for service connection for PTSD is granted, while the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, finding new and relevant evidence that linked the Veteran's current diagnosis to his in-service stressors.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD has been granted a 100 percent disability rating and TDIU from April 28, 2019.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to obtain additional treatment records from the Veteran's period of incarceration.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities of PTSD, CAD, and neuropathy are of sufficient severity to produce unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than the already service-connected major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and psychophysiological insomnia, including PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The pulmonary disability claim was remanded due to outstanding records and a need for an examination.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have been found to result in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depression, due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's alleged in-service stressors and a lack of a medical opinion.