PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for an additional psychiatric examination to consider whether the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder, including unspecified depressive disorder, is related to racism experienced during active service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for gout, sleep apnea, and an increased rating for PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to include anxiety condition due to a procedural error in providing notice of unmet elements required for service connection.

The appeal for service connection of posttraumatic stress disorder was withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to the Veteran's confirmed in-service stressors.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, effective May 9, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for a lower back disability, left knee strain, bilateral ankle strain, right lower extremity sciatica, and PTSD based on military sexual trauma.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent disability rating for an acquired psychiatric condition, special monthly compensation based on a total disability rating plus additional service-connected disabilities rated 60 percent disabling, and an effective date of November 26, 2016, but no earlier, for the grant of eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and records.

The appeal for a temporary total rating from November 8, 2023 to January 1, 2024 based on the need for medical treatment and/or convalescence for PTSD and substance abuse disorder is dismissed as the benefit sought has already been granted.

The appeal pertaining to the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and remanded claims for a compensable evaluation for headaches and service connection for a facial scar.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for a 100 percent disability evaluation of service-connected PTSD, as the criteria were not met.

The Board denied an evaluation greater than 50 percent for major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to the Veteran's symptoms not causing a level of impairment required for a higher rating.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of November 11, 2015, for service connection for left and right knee disabilities but denied an earlier effective date for PTSD.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for entitlement to earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for a right ankle disability, right knee disability, left ankle disability, left knee disability, and lumbosacral disability.

The Board remands the claim for a disability rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD with moderate, recurrent major depressive disorder to correct VA's pre-decisional duty-to-assist error and obtain outstanding community care mental health treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for back, neck, and right knee disabilities other than degenerative arthritis, as well as an earlier effective date for the award of a 50 percent rating for PTSD. The initial compensable rating for bronchitis prior to May 2, 2023 was also denied.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for a disability rating greater than 70 percent for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and increased rating claims.