PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and remanded the claims for scarring of the nose and TMJ (also claimed as painful joints) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining records related to the Veteran's discharge and treatment records from Tyler Mental Health.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several issues, including service connection for hypertension.

The Board granted the readjudication of entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and denied an initial rating in excess of 40 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II. An effective date of September 6, 2002 was also granted.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with insomnia, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his diagnosed condition is related to in-service stressors.

The Board remands the issues of an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to procedural irregularities in the adjudication process.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The Board denied service connection for foot pain and a psychiatric disability, including PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood, as there was no evidence of current disabilities or in-service incurrence.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, an evaluation greater than 30 percent for residuals of right foot surgery, a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to a service-connected disability, and eligibility for special monthly compensation.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for asthma and PTSD due to a procedural defect in the appeal process.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, effective August 2, 2023.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder but granted total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).

The Board granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD and an earlier effective date of October 9, 2019, for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the claims for service connection for joint pains, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a sleep disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to missing VA examinations and unclear notification.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression, PTSD, and ED due to outstanding evidence and a need for further development.

The Board granted service connection for low back degenerative disc disease (DDD) with spondylosis, a post-surgical low back scar, and sciatic radiculopathy of both lower extremities. It also granted an increased rating of 30 percent for cervical spine disc protrusions.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include an unspecified depressive disorder (claimed as PTSD), due to inadequate medical opinions that failed to address relevant lay statements and evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a need for additional development and verification of in-service stressors.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD and adjustment disorder. The claims for emphysema, prostate cancer, and asthma were remanded.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 15, 2022, for a 70 percent rating for PTSD and DEA benefits under Chapter 35 from the same date.