PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the appellant's claims for a right knee disability, instability of the right knee, and TDIU to ensure compliance with prior remand orders.

The Board granted an effective date of August 19, 2021, for a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD but granted TDIU and DEA effective from October 13, 2017.

The Board remands the issues of an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for PTSD and entitlement to TDIU prior to June 15, 2016, for additional development and readjudication.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The claims for service connection for a low back and left hip disability as secondary to service-connected disabilities of the right shoulder and/or left knee were remanded.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and effective date, as the benefits sought have been granted.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a lumbar spine disability, while remanding claims for right shoulder, right knee, and left knee conditions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for service connection and increased ratings for various other conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for PTSD with anxiety, finding that the severity of her symptoms did not warrant a rating in excess of 70 percent.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for service-connected PTSD and dismissed the appeals for increased ratings of scars and TDIU as moot.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the Veteran's service connection of posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, assigning July 7, 2023 as the effective date.

The Veteran was granted a temporary total evaluation for his service-connected PTSD, an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD, and an earlier effective date for DEA benefits.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for PTSD, finding that the evidence supports occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD and service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea condition, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and lower gastrointestinal disorder, also claimed as irritable bowel syndrome.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no evidence of a current disability during or related to active duty.

The Veteran's PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder is characterized by total occupational and social impairment from May 9, 2007 to present.

The Board remands the claims for earlier effective dates for the awards of increased disability evaluations for PTSD and lumbosacral spine strain with IVDS to correct an error by the AOJ.

The Board granted an effective date of August 30, 2000, for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but dismissed the appeals for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hypertension.