PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's reported in-service stressor event.

The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD was dismissed. An effective date of October 25, 1982, but not earlier, was granted for the award of service connection for scarring of the right ankle. The grant of service connection for PTSD with a November 19, 2013 effective date was denied.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for PTSD prior to December 26, 2023, but denied a higher rating from that date to August 13, 2024.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 5, 2006 for service connection for PTSD and a total disability rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from the same date.

The Board remands the claim for a VA medical examination to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed PTSD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD and depression, and tension headaches due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for posttraumatic stress disorder, service connection for gallbladder disease and functional gastrointestinal disorders, and remanded claims for peripheral neuropathy, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and residuals of liver disease.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no evidence that it manifested during active service or was otherwise related to his active service.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the appeal.

The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected right knee strain with degenerative arthritis, but remanded other issues including entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, finding a link between the Veteran's in-service stressor and his current symptoms.

The Board granted an effective date of April 3, 2024 for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for posttraumatic stress disorder and bilateral hearing loss, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and left shoulder strain, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, as well as remanded one issue.

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and a headache disability, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer residuals. The Board also granted an increased rating of 60 percent for prostate cancer residuals with voiding dysfunction effective September 29, 2023.

The Veteran was granted an initial disability evaluation of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 28, 2012, for the service connection of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted an earlier effective date of service connection for PTSD to July 20, 2021, and a 10 percent rating for chronic diarrhea.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder, and cocaine use disorder from April 26, 2021, and an effective date of the same day for DEA benefits. The claim for TDIU was dismissed as moot.