PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD from October 10, 2003, to July 15, 2015, and entitlement to a TDIU prior to July 15, 2015, due to the need to rebuild the Veteran's claims file.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for depression and anxiety.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with moderate alcohol use disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied other claims, including increased ratings for prostate cancer status post prostatectomy with urinary frequency and incontinence, hypertension, robotic prostatectomy with surgical scars, earlier effective dates for service connection, and remanded claims for service connection of migraines and GERD.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder from January 6, 2012 through June 17, 2019.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and major depressive disorder, moderate (depression and anxiety), granted an increased disability rating of 30 percent for GERD, and denied a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain/thoracic spondylosis and thoracic mild scoliosis.

The appeal of a proposed reduction in the rating for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder from 70 percent to 50 percent is dismissed due to premature filing by the Veteran.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to insufficient evidence of proper notice and duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted a 100 percent schedular rating for unspecified anxiety disorder and PTSD on and after August 14, 2023, and established basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD prior to November 7, 2023, and a TDIU due to essential tremors, while denying higher ratings and earlier effective dates for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and OSA as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with panic disorder and insomnia, but granted an effective date of February 7, 2022, for the award of a 70 percent rating.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disorder and increased disability ratings for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a disability rating of 70 percent effective April 21, 2003, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was also granted effective the same date.

The Board granted a rating of at least 10 percent for the residuals of left ulna and radius fracture, and a rating of at least 70 percent prior to January 8, 2022, for PTSD with alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco use disorder but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and eyesight problems.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 3, 2024 for the initial 100 percent evaluation for PTSD and major depressive disorder, denied a rating in excess of 70 percent prior to that date, granted TDIU prior to that date, denied TDIU after that date, and granted an earlier effective date for DEA benefits under 38 USC Chapter 35.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pes planus, and diabetes mellitus II.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco use disorder but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and eyesight problems.