PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD or a nervous condition, due to the lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis.

The Board remands the claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate, as additional development is required.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and lumbar strain to obtain additional evidence, including medical records from her incarceration and potentially relevant private treatment records.

The appeal was dismissed for PTSD, and the claims for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder, depression, joint pains, chronic sinusitis, a higher rating for allergic rhinitis, and a 10 percent rating based on multiple non-compensable disabilities were denied. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back condition to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, low back, left hip, right hip, and acquired psychiatric disorders to obtain a new VA examination and opinion.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right ankle functional ankylosis as of September 4, 2018, and a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder (PTSD) as of April 16, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, based on the evidence showing a diagnosis of PTSD and a link to the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on housebound status from September 16, 2021.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left and right shoulder conditions, migraines, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine condition, and knee conditions, as there was no evidence of a current disability or that the claimed disabilities were related to service.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 21, 2018, for the grant of service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted an effective date of September 15, 2022, for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches and denied higher ratings for tinnitus, hypertension, and PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, as the evidence did not support a finding that the disability arose prior to May 31, 2020.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder with PTSD, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not cause total social and occupational impairment.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder as untimely, and the Veteran withdrew her claims for carpal tunnel syndrome in both upper extremities.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a 70 percent disability rating from December 18, 2009, to May 14, 2018, and an effective date of May 15, 2018, for the award of a 100 percent disability rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 11, 2018, for the grant of service connection for PTSD and a rating of 70 percent from February 2, 2022.

The appeal for an effective date prior to August 12, 2022, for the grant of a 50 percent rating for PTSD with stimulant use disorder, cocaine, severe, and cannabis use disorder, moderate, in sustained remission, with insomnia disorder was dismissed due to procedural defects.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hypertension, but remanded the claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to ongoing medical questions.

The appeal was dismissed due to an improper docketing of the Veteran's notice of disagreement in the AMA review system.