PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied increased ratings for chronic lumbosacral strain, irritable bowel syndrome, PTSD with alcohol and cannabis use disorder, right knee degenerative joint disease, and right lower extremity scar. However, service connection was granted for asthma.

The Board remands the appeal to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by contacting the Veteran for clarification on their intention regarding renouncing their benefit for disability compensation.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for various disabilities and the character of discharge issue, as additional evidence and clarification are needed.

The Board granted an effective date of April 8, 2022, for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on continuous pursuit of the claim.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to deficiencies in the VA examinations and missing records.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension but granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of August 8, 2013 for a 70 percent rating for PTSD based on the presence of suicidal ideation.

The Board restored the 50% rating for PTSD and AUD, finding that the reduction was improper. The claim for a higher rating was denied.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and scheduling VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded several other claims, including those for lung nodules with COPD, coronary artery disease, back scars, low back disability, diabetes mellitus, PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the application to revise a September 2018 decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) for both service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on a secondary basis to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD.

The appeal challenging the propriety of the rating reduction for PTSD is granted, and the Veteran's service-connected PTSD is restored to a 70 percent disability rating effective April 3, 2024.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of PTSD, and the claim is dismissed.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD was dismissed as a matter of law due to the finality of the January 2023 rating decision and the prohibition against freestanding earlier effective date claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as no new and relevant evidence was submitted within one year of the initial denial in 1986.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an effective date prior to December 4, 2018, for the award of service connection for PTSD (also claimed as depression) based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a lack of a valid rating decision on which to base the appeal.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and various other psychiatric disorders, as it finds that there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining medical opinions addressing all of the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric disorders.