PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for PTSD is dismissed as moot because the benefit sought on appeal has been granted in full by a September 2025 rating decision.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability to include PTSD due to an outstanding duty to assist error in obtaining private treatment records.

The Board grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board remands all claims for service connection to the AOJ for further development, including obtaining relevant VA and private medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a psychiatric disability, fatigue, gastrointestinal issues, cervical spine problems, shoulder and wrist conditions, and dermatosis, to obtain additional evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of January 1, 2019, for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD effective December 2, 2019, and also granted TDIU based on PTSD alone from that date. The appeal for an increased rating for GERD was denied.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and TDIU, with SMC at the housebound rate awarded from February 9, 2018.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for service-connected migraines and a rating of 100 percent for service-connected PTSD and major depressive disorder, as well as special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD effective October 1, 2023, and denied an earlier effective date for DEA benefits based on permanent and total disability status prior to that date.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted an effective date of October 12, 2022 for the awards of service connection for major depressive disorder with traumatic brain injury and tinnitus, but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, and posttraumatic stress disorder to correct duty to assist errors.

The appeal of the proposed effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder was dismissed as a matter of law.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with bruxism, finding that her symptoms did not result in total occupational and social impairment.

The appeal for a higher rating and earlier effective date for PTSD was dismissed to foster proper adjudicatory processes before the agency of original jurisdiction.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional VA examinations to determine the current level of severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability and a 70 percent rating, but no higher, prior to June 11, 2018 for PTSD. The TDIU claim was denied.

The Board remands the case for a new examination to address the severity of the Veteran's PTSD, including social impairment, and to consider additional evidence.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to the Veteran's failure to provide clarification on which docket he intended his appeal to be placed.