PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

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

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD, effective from May 22, 2022.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the February 2023 Rating Decision.

The Board granted an effective date of August 15, 2007, for the grant of a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the issues of timeliness of the appeal and entitlement to an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for PTSD due to the AOJ's failure to adjudicate the issue of timeliness of the January 2016 VA Form 9.

The Board remands the claims for further development and to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD, adjustment disorder, and depression from November 26, 2014, but dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates for a 70 percent rating and TDIU, as well as an earlier effective date for DEA.

The appeal regarding the reduction of the disability rating from 50 percent to 30 percent for PTSD was granted, restoring a 50 percent rating for the period from October 16, 2017, to February 15, 2021.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD with persistent depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, finding that May 8, 2023, is the earliest possible date based on the evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no current diagnosis of such a condition.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD as due to a claimed in-service MST and remanded the issue of service connection for a lower back disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, recurrent, with mood congruent psychotic features and anxious distress, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The claim for left ear hearing loss was denied.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia, PTSD, and a neck disability but remanded claims for headaches, back, right knee, and left knee disabilities.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder, was granted due to the receipt of new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for SMC based on a need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to an inadequate VA examination and conflicting evidence regarding the impact of her service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, tinnitus, and left thigh/knee disability, rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment from June 8, 2010 to September 3, 2020.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis, and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to his service-connected exercise induced asthma.

The Board restored the 70 percent rating for PTSD and major depressive disorder, effective February 1, 2024, as the reduction was improper. The claim for a higher rating for low back disability was dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss due to his failure to appear at scheduled VA examinations without good cause.