PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, type II diabetes mellitus, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability to include PTSD, other than persistent depressive disorder and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, as further VA psychiatric evaluation is needed.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent disability rating from October 5, 2022, due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD, as the required forms were not submitted within one year of the initial denial.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for PTSD, denied a compensable evaluation for muscle tension headaches and sinusitis, and remanded claims for an increased rating for asthma, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with depressive disorder rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from April 1, 2018, to July 31, 2018, and from February 1, 2020, onward.

The Board denied an effective date prior to December 10, 2018 for service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has caused impairment that prevents him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, diabetes mellitus, type II, and hypothyroidism while granting increased ratings for peripheral neuropathy in the right and left lower extremities, hearing loss (left ear), and a compensable evaluation for scars, burns (2nd degree).

Eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2023 rating decision is granted.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of November 2, 2022, but not earlier, for the assignment of a 70 percent rating for PTSD is granted. The claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss, and service connection for left shoulder, right shoulder, and bilateral knee disabilities are denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board restored the 70% rating for PTSD and the 40% rating for left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, finding that the reductions were not proper.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD and MDD, as well as eligibility for DEA benefits.

The Board remands the claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation due to a pre-decisional error in not obtaining a medical opinion.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of gall bladder removal, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas or severe symptoms.

The Board granted an effective date of May 13, 2020, for a 100 percent rating for PTSD based on the factually ascertainable increase in disability within the one-year period prior to the filing of the claim.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the service-connected left-hand little finger disability but denied service connection for an acquired mental health condition and remanded the claim for an erectile dysfunction (ED) disability, secondary to a service-connected hernia disability.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD was denied, the appeal for a right ankle condition was dismissed as untimely, and the issue of service connection for bilateral pes planus was remanded.