PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied a higher rating for tinnitus, remanded the claims for an increased rating for type 2 diabetes mellitus and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, opioid use disorder, and gambling disorder due to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability resulting in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and the need for additional medical opinions.

The Board finds that the evidence is at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's PTSD is etiologically related to his active-duty service, and grants entitlement to service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on credible evidence of in-service stressors and a medical diagnosis.

The veteran has withdrawn the appeal, and there are no remaining allegations of errors for appellate consideration.

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, including making efforts to obtain VA treatment records from the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, anxiety, and depression based on credible evidence of in-service stressors and medical evidence linking the current symptoms to those events.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD from October 7, 2015, and DEA entitlement from the same date.

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, but no higher.

The appeal for eligibility for benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers is remanded due to an AOJ error in satisfying a regulatory and statutory duty.

The Board denied a compensable rating for lumbar spine surgical scars and a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, while remanding the claims for increased ratings for left shoulder strain with AC joint osteoarthritis, ulnar neuropathy of the left upper extremity, and lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative arthritis, and degenerative disc disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a foot disability, hearing loss, heart disability, sleep apnea, and PTSD due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD and granted a 30 percent rating from May 12, 2021 to June 10, 2021 for bilateral pes planus.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent rating of PTSD, finding that the criteria were not met.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on a new and relevant private etiology opinion.

The Board granted a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied higher disability ratings for PTSD and earlier effective dates for the grant of a 70 percent rating, TDIU, and DEA claims.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, left knee condition, right knee condition, and TBI. The claims for a low back condition, right shoulder condition, and tendonitis were remanded.

The Board granted the reinstatement of a 30 percent rating for chronic urticaria, denied ratings in excess of 30 percent for chronic urticaria and other conditions, and granted TDIU and SMC.