PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for sleep apnea and a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with MDD recurrent, severe. However, the Veteran's service-connected disabilities were found to render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder was denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for service-connected PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a disability rating higher than 30 percent.

The appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was withdrawn by the appellant and is therefore dismissed.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The appeal was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder, as the evidence did not support a causal nexus between the claimed in-service stressor and the current disability.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The back condition and frostbite of the hands and feet were remanded for further examination.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and denied service connection for various other conditions, including allergies/rhinitis, right hip joint pain inflammation - range of motion condition, left lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, migraine / tension headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, sleep apnea, and right foot inversion. The Board remanded several claims for further development.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD with residuals of TBI, effective April 10, 2012.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on unemployability (TDIU) from November 5, 2008, to October 18, 2011, from January 1, 2012, to October 23, 2012, from February 1, 2013, to February 23, 2014, and from April 1, 2015, to March 10, 2024.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus to allow the RO to review additional evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD due to non-compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD prior to October 12, 2016; a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD as of October 12, 2016; and a TDIU prior to January 1, 2020, due to the need for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD alone is found to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the statutory housebound criteria.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD prior to October 4, 2017, and granted a 70 percent rating thereafter. Service connection was denied for left-hand tremor but remanded the right-hand tremor claim.

The Board remands the claims for further development due to missing records and an improperly weighed private medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to the Veteran's reported in-service stressor of experiencing systemic racism during active service.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for an increased rating of PTSD due to incomplete authorization for obtaining private treatment records.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD, dismissed the appeal of a proposed reduction in the 50 percent rating for bilateral pes planus, granted TDIU, and remanded the claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for a left wrist disorder.