PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Veteran's PTSD with alcohol use disorder is granted a 70 percent initial rating and TDIU effective May 30, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD due to an in-service personal assault that occurred in August 1970.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, and granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD with an effective date of January 3, 2023. The claim for a rating more than 70 percent for PTSD was denied, and TDIU was granted.

The Board granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, based on credible supporting evidence that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition began during his service due to stressors including bullying and assault.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 70 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, and MDD, for a VA medical opinion.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, for a VA examination and stressor verification.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 0 percent for hypertension was denied, and the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability was remanded.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for right ankle surgical scars but granted a separate 10 percent rating for painful right ankle surgical scars. The Board also denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with amphetamine use disorder.

The Board granted direct service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claim for obstructive sleep apnea for further development.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a psychiatric disability and neurological conditions, due to missing service records.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety, depression, severe alcohol use disorder and moderate cocaine use disorder due to military sexual trauma (MST), and granted increased ratings for certain service-connected disabilities. The claim for dizziness was dismissed, as was the entitlement to a TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety, depression, and a psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) but denied service connection for an insomnia disorder.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors and a diagnosis that meets VA criteria. The claim for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic was remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all claims, including a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and service connection for various other conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to military sexual trauma (MST) for a comprehensive VA medical opinion.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and denied a separate compensable rating for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, as well as a TDIU based on service-connected PTSD.

The veteran withdrew all appeals, including those for earlier effective dates and increased disability ratings.

The Board granted service connection for left lateral epicondylitis, left wrist tendinitis, right knee strain, acquired psychiatric disability to include posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and insomnia, and sinusitis.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the increased ratings of PTSD, DJD lumbar spine, and left ulnar neuropathy back to March 1, 2018.