PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) as it is now necessary to consider the newly awarded service-connected psychiatric disability in the first instance.

The Board is remanding the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition due to insufficient evidence and a need for a medical examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss as it had already been granted. The claims for heart condition, PTSD, and prostate cancer were remanded due to a duty to assist error.

The appeals for service connection for migraine headaches, PTSD, tinnitus, visual impairment, and inguinal hernia were dismissed due to a violation of the modernized review system rules.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an initial rating greater than 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for Parkinson's disease and denied increased ratings for various peripheral neuropathies, except granted a 20 percent rating from April 21, 2019, for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and a 30 percent rating for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy. The Board also granted service connection for PTSD effective April 21, 2019, and awarded TDIU from that date.

The Board denied higher ratings for PTSD and alcohol and cannabis use disorder but granted a 10% rating for seborrheic dermatitis from August 9, 2018 to May 25, 2021.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, with mild alcohol use disorder, as the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating of PTSD and remanded claims for increased ratings for left ankle and knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable disability rating for dermatitis and service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety condition, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 29, 2019, for the award of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD effective March 16, 2023.

The Board granted an effective date of March 30, 2022, for the awards of service connection for PTSD, irritable bowel syndrome, and arteriosclerotic heart disease.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of military sexual trauma (MST) from August 22, 2024.

The Board denied service connection for liver disability, remanded the claims for PTSD and migraines for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for individual unemployability due solely to PTSD and an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's PTSD was denied a rating in excess of 50 percent prior to September 12, 2023, but granted a 70 percent rating from that date. The claim for TDIU prior to July 10, 2024 was also denied.