PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, heart disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and other musculoskeletal issues. A 10 percent disability rating was granted for hypertension.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability to include PTSD due to pre-decisional errors and to schedule a VA examination.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for pain in left shoulder and arm, neck pain with numbness right arm and hand, as these issues were withdrawn by the Veteran. The claim for sleep apnea, claimed as PTSD, was remanded for further development.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the increased 70 percent rating for service-connected PTSD and remanded the issue of entitlement to a TDIU due to the service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety disorder, and MDD, for a new medical opinion addressing relevant lay statements provided prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and migraine headaches, but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder. The claim for bilateral pes planus was remanded.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from June 12, 2019, but denied an initial rating of over 70 percent for PTSD prior to June 4, 2021.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and neurocognitive disorder.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and remanded the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee disability and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, specifically the need to obtain Social Security Administration records and an addendum opinion regarding vertigo.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder, finding that her symptoms did not cause the level of impairment required for a higher rating.

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but no higher, effective from the date of the last increase to a 50 percent rating.

The Board denied an increased rating for posttraumatic stress disorder and denied service connection for insomnia, separate from the symptomatology of posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, headaches, and TBI residuals, but remanded service connection for a balance disorder.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but denied service connection and a compensable rating for the hernia condition, as well as service connection for lumbar spine mild degenerative disc and facet disease.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claims for anxiety disorder with panic attacks, diabetes mellitus, gastritis with ulcerative colitis, and sinusitis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board denied an evaluation higher than 50 percent for PTSD and remanded the claim for service connection for a respiratory disorder.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection claims related to PTSD, anxiety, claustrophobia, depression, left and right shoulder degenerative joint diseases, sleep disturbances, bilateral hearing loss, chronic fatigue, a cold weather injury, diverticulosis and diverticulitis.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from February 12, 2008.