PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), first degree burn of the left hand ('skin disability'), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A total disability rating based on individual unemployability was granted prior to August 27, 2019. An effective date of June 20, 2018, for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits was also granted.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for PTSD, erectile dysfunction, and sleep apnea.

The appeal to revise a November 2012 rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) is denied, as well as an earlier effective date than January 31, 2023, for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and tinnitus, but remanded claims for service connection for sinusitis, a cervical spine disorder, sleep apnea, and right ear hearing loss.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this issue.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted a 100 percent disability rating effective September 21, 2021.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and an earlier effective date was denied, while the appeal for TDIU was granted. Several service connection appeals were dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type) and denied service connection for PTSD, severe memory loss, and migraine headaches.

The Veteran's PTSD has been granted a 100 percent disability rating throughout the entire period under appeal.

The Board denied service connection for loss of teeth, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II with cataracts, and posttraumatic stress disorder. The claims were remanded for further consideration.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 5, 2022, for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD and granted special monthly compensation at the statutory housebound rate from that same date.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for kidney disease and an earlier effective date for a retroactive increased evaluation to 70 percent for PTSD.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with MDD, adjustment disorder, and GAD was productive of total occupational and social impairment from April 3, 2008 to February 10, 2014.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran withdrew all pending claims and appeals, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 50 percent disabling for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the evidence did not support an increased level of impairment.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, to obtain a VA examination to determine if any diagnosed psychiatric disorders are related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, right shoulder DJD, and right wrist sprain but granted a 10% rating for residuals of medial meniscus tear in the right knee. The Veteran was also awarded TDIU from February 29, 2020.

The Veteran's PTSD with bipolar schizoaffective disorder is granted a rating of 70 percent from April 13, 2009, and TDIU is also granted for the same period.