PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD, from February 13, 2018, as the Veteran's symptoms caused deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, and mood.

The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD was dismissed due to a violation of the prohibition on concurrent elections.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder was granted a 100 percent disability rating from October 1, 2023 to February 2, 2024, and SMC at the housebound rate was also granted for the same period.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals granted service connection for PTSD, finding credible supporting evidence that an in-service incident involving misfiring ammunition occurred.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to a timely Notice of Disagreement not being filed within one year of the September 2022 rating decision. The claims for left shoulder, right wrist, and left wrist disabilities are remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and remanded the claim for degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and denied service connection for PTSD, as well as a higher rating for the right knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for hair loss, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, vision loss in both eyes (claimed as glaucoma and cataracts), and PTSD and bipolar disorder, to include nightmares, night sweats, and sleep disturbance.

The Board granted the appeal to restore the effective date of December 9, 2020, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD due to clear and unmistakable error in the February 10, 2021, rating decision.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for headaches associated with zygomatic fracture residuals effective August 17, 2017, but denied earlier effective dates and higher ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as anxiety disorder with substance use disorder, and increased the rating for ulnar nerve disability to 60 percent. However, PTSD was denied.

The Board restored the 70 percent rating for PTSD as the reduction was improper, and denied service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and anxiety and depression.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depressive disorder, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a rating of 70 percent, but no higher, from August 10, 2023. The other claims for increased ratings were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed emotions of anxiety and depression, and uncomplicated bereavement, as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, restored the 50 percent rating for migraines effective July 28, 2021, and granted an effective date of July 1, 2014 for service connection for vertigo. Other issues were remanded.

The Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for his service-connected PTSD prior to July 26, 2023, but the claim for TDIU and earlier effective dates for DEA and SMC were denied.

The Board restored the 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, finding that there was no actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work. The claim for a higher rating for PTSD from January 1, 2024, was denied.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD, was dismissed as the Veteran did not identify a valid initial decision in his Notice of Disagreement (NOD).