PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Veteran's PTSD resulted in an overall disability picture that more nearly approximated attitudes of all contacts except the most intimate were so adversely affected as to result in virtual isolation in the community, and he was demonstrably unable to obtain or retain employment from February 8, 1983 through January 28, 2004.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for accrued purposes, finding that the Veteran's PTSD is due to his in-service combat experiences during the Vietnam War.

The Board granted the application to readjudicate the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, based on new and relevant evidence. The underlying service connection claim is remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for emotional stressed diagnosed as 'suicidal' and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and a causal relationship between the claimed conditions and active service.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted a disability rating of 100 percent from February 11, 2022, due to the severity and frequency of symptoms causing total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD as there is no current diagnosis of the condition and the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran has had PTSD at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, to include TDIU, due to a predecisional duty to assist error.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD is dismissed as moot because the Veteran's psychological symptoms are part of and subsumed by his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board denied higher ratings for the veteran's knee, shoulder, and lumbosacral conditions but granted a separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability. The appeal of a proposed reduction for PTSD from 50 percent to 30 percent was dismissed.

The Board grants an increased rating of 100 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), effective August 27, 2015.

The Board granted an increased rating to 50 percent for PTSD from February 25, 2013, to February 10, 2022.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to inadequate medical evidence and a need for further development.

The Board granted the restoration of a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, finding that the reduction was improper.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 100 percent rating from December 14, 2021, due to symptoms resulting in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD prior to February 13, 2021, and a 60 percent rating for bronchial asthma.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating and an earlier effective date for her acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, GAD, and MDD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain a medical opinion that is sufficient to make an informed decision on the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include posttraumatic stress disorder with depression.

The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD to include major depressive disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from September 1, 2015.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), while remanding the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.