PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bladder condition, adjustment disorder, PTSD, and sleep disturbances due to the Veteran's failure to appear for VA examinations without good cause.

The Board granted increased ratings for PTSD, right knee flexion limitation, and symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage.

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for PTSD, effective April 16, 2024.

The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions and granted an earlier effective date for one condition, but also remanded claims related to Parkinson's disease and certain SMC and DEA issues.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but denied service connection for anxiety and depression.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 70 percent for the service-connected PTSD, and earlier effective dates for a Total Disability Rating for Compensation purposes based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) and Basic Eligibility for Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for sciatica, left hip condition, lumbosacral strain, and PTSD.

The Veteran's PTSD and depressive disorder were granted an initial rating of 30 percent, but no higher, prior to May 19, 2024, with ratings in excess denied. OSA was granted service connection effective May 30, 2014.

The appeal for the evaluation of PTSD and TBI was properly addressed in a September 2024 Board decision under the Legacy review system, and the current appeal for this same matter under the AMA review system is dismissed.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD and remanded the claims for service connection for back, right-shoulder, and right-knee conditions.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 70 percent for the service-connected PTSD, and earlier effective dates for a Total Disability Rating for Compensation purposes based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) and Basic Eligibility for Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Board denied an initial rating higher than 10 percent for coronary artery disease and remanded several issues, but granted special monthly compensation at the intermediate rate effective February 24, 2014.

The Veteran was granted a 70% rating for PTSD from July 1, 2020 through June 21, 2021, but the claim for an increased rating prior to that date and for total disability based on individual unemployability were denied.

The Board remands the appeal to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the potential service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically focusing on the roles of PTSD and CAD in aggravating other conditions that contributed to his death.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and MDD, and tinnitus but dismissed the claim for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17.

The Board remands the matter to obtain Vet Center records from Tacoma, Washington, which are deemed in the constructive possession of VA.

The Board denied the motion for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a July 26, 2016 decision that did not assign a 100 percent rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, a depressive disorder, an anxiety disorder, and an organic brain syndrome, and a personality disorder, for further development of the record.