PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD from September 27, 2022, and denied an increased rating prior to that date.

The Board remands the claims for readjudication with the appropriate laws and regulations regarding fraud under 38 C.F.R. § 3.1(aa)(2).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD and an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, and sleep disturbance due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability and an in-service event or injury.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for headaches, PTSD, a heart condition, and joint pains.

The appeal seeking service connection for PTSD was dismissed by the Veteran through her representative.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder and entitlement to a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 100 percent for PTSD from January 31, 2020, due to the Veteran's symptoms and impairment causing total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a rating of 70 percent, and earlier effective dates were granted for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, PTSD, and CAD, but granted an earlier effective date for service connection of right upper extremity neuropathy.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and remanded the claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent prior to May 21, 2024 for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, diagnosed as adjustment disorder with anxiety and panic attacks, and a left wrist condition.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD and a higher initial rating, but granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Veteran withdrew his claims for service connection for a lower back condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a right knee condition.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, to include plantar fasciitis. The claims for neurobehavioral disorder and psychiatric disorder were remanded for further development.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for the service-connected PTSD and denied an increased (compensable) disability rating for the service-connected bilateral hearing loss, both effective from April 8, 2024.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent disabling for service-connected PTSD and primary insomnia.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder was granted, with the earliest possible effective date being August 2, 2022.