PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted restoration of a 70 percent disability rating for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder, finding that the reduction was improper.

The Board granted an effective date of January 31, 2005, for the grant of service connection for PTSD based on clear and unmistakable error in a prior rating decision.

The Board denied an initial rating more than 70 percent for PTSD and service connection for GERD, finding that the evidence did not support a direct link to service or aggravation of a pre-existing condition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and major depressive disorder, due to pre-decisional errors in the prior VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied a rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD with an unspecified depressive disorder but granted TDIU and denied special monthly compensation.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's June 30, 2023 supplemental claim was the earliest possible effective date.

The Board granted an evaluation of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to October 10, 2017.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, based on a positive nexus statement from a private medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a TDIU prior to August 30, 2019 and an earlier effective date for DEA benefits.

The appeal is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran was granted an initial 10 percent rating for left ankle disability from December 30, 2011 to June 28, 2023 and a 100 percent rating for PTSD from February 8, 2013 onwards.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and depression, based on evidence supporting a link between the Veteran's in-service stressor and his current mental health conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, migraines, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from September 22, 2017, to April 21, 2024.

The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability and PTSD, as well as a total temporary rating based on an October 2017 surgical procedure.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating of PTSD and service connection for various peripheral neuropathies, lipomas, and chloracne due to inadequate medical examinations.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with depressive and alcohol use disorders, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), for the period prior to November 12, 2024.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia and a right knee condition, but reopened the claim for right ear hearing loss. All other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for service-connected PTSD with social anxiety, effective March 10, 2021.

The appeal was dismissed as a timely substantive appeal to the October 2017 rating decision was not received.