PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder due to military sexual trauma (MST) based on credible supporting evidence that the in-service stressor occurred.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, DMII, and a bilateral foot disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an initial PTSD evaluation of 70 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a reduction in evaluation of right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, service connection for a left knee disability, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed all issues related to PTSD, hypertension, migraines including migraine variants, and TDIU.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded one issue, finding that his PTSD symptoms did not warrant a higher rating, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy was mild, sinusitis was not severe enough to warrant a higher rating, and service connection for frequent urinating should be further developed.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD and all acquired mental conditions was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The appeal seeking an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and the appeal seeking an effective date prior to April 20, 2020, for the grant of service connection for PTSD were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD).

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him in need of regular aid and attendance, entitling him to special monthly compensation.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 30, 2022, for the award of a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder with unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder, and amphetamine-type substance induced psychotic disorder with severe amphetamine use disorder (psychiatric disorder), but denied an earlier effective date for tinnitus and service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder, as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD during the appeal period and the Veteran's depressive symptoms were not found to be related to his military service.

The Board denied an effective date prior to November 7, 2023, for the award of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for passive aggressive personality disorder and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to pre-decisional errors in the AOJ's handling of the Veteran's claims.

The Board denied service connection for a back condition, right thumb disorder, pes planus, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis during or approximate to the appeal period. The claims for a headache disorder and plantar warts were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to inconsistencies in the evidence and a need for a more thorough VA examination.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and 20 percent for right foot, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD, finding the Veteran's symptoms warranted this level of disability but not a higher one.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD based on a verified in-service stressor and the evidence did not establish that any psychiatric disorder was incurred in or is etiologically related to active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.