PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD, resolving any doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Veteran's substantive appeal to the February 2019 grant of service connection for PTSD with an assigned 30 percent rating was dismissed as it was untimely.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling appropriate examinations to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressor and a current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied a compensable initial rating for right ear hearing loss and dismissed the appeals for increased ratings for liver disability and PTSD.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD and denied service connection for left, right hip disorders, and a bilateral foot disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was found to have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from July 17, 2017 to April 26, 2022, but his tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss did not prevent him from doing so after April 27, 2022.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, unspecified anxiety disorder, and depression, based on the Veteran's credible lay testimony regarding a helicopter incident during service.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes, OSDD, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy associated with diabetes. The claim for meningitis was denied.

The Veteran's PTSD and stimulant use disorder/cocaine are granted a 100 percent disability rating since May 11, 2018, due to the severity of his symptoms.

The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities for further development, including obtaining new medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date and increased rating for PTSD due to insufficient evidence of a diagnosis prior to June 26, 2009.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for ischemic heart disease was partially granted, with a 30% rating assigned from December 1, 2015 to May 22, 2020. The claims for service connection for PTSD and a higher rating after May 22, 2020 were denied.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and PTSD as he opted into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) review system.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased disability rating and TDIU, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating or total unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the evidence supporting a current diagnosis and credible in-service stressors.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD and anxiety was dismissed as moot.

The appeal for service connection for OSA, an increased rating for IBS, and an earlier effective date for bilateral tinnitus was withdrawn by the Veteran. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded for further development.