PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied a rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD with anxiety and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's ability to engage in employment.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to schedule a VA examination due to the Veteran's failure to attend scheduled examinations and the lack of a well-reasoned medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, for a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, and other claims, finding no evidence supporting the Veteran's conditions or symptoms.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is rated at 70 percent, and he has been granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that the Veteran's disability had increased to 70 percent prior to October 10, 2021.

The Board denied a rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder as the Veteran's symptoms did not result in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied a higher rating for PTSD but granted TDIU and an effective date of October 2, 2020, for DEA benefits.

The Board denied a higher rating for PTSD and an earlier effective date for TDIU, finding the evidence did not support these claims.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted an evaluation of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, finding that the symptoms more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and TDIU, effective April 2021.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 27, 2007, for the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric 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 denied an earlier effective date for the award of an increased rating for PTSD, finding that it is not factually ascertainable from the evidence available that the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability increased in severity during the one-year period prior to December 9, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than unspecified anxiety disorder, to include PTSD, as the evidence did not support a diagnosis of PTSD and there was no additional psychiatric pathology separate from the already service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD and denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding claims for osteoarthritis of the cervical spine and right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome with radiculopathy and myoclonus.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied service connection for bipolar disorder. The claim for migraines was remanded.

The Board granted a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 100 percent rating, and SMC at the housebound rate is also granted.