PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and special monthly compensation, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that the severity of his symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment due to passive suicidal ideation.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to October 31, 2022, for the grant of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board remands the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right ankle tendonitis and in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to ensure adequate examinations are conducted.

The Board denied an increased disability rating greater than 70 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate total social and occupational impairment.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a compensable rating for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), to include the propriety of the rating reduction from 40 percent to noncompensable, as additional evidence is needed to properly adjudicate the claims.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disability due to military sexual trauma, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this appeal.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of disability ratings and DEA benefits based on continuous pursuit of claims within one year of initial rating decisions.

The Board denied increased ratings for spondylosis of the lumbar spine and migraine headaches, granted a 50% rating for PTSD from March 3, 2019, and granted TDIU and DEA benefits from that date. Sleep apnea was remanded.

The appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the issue during a Board hearing.

The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021 for service connection for IBS and GERD, cervical strain, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right wrist sprain, lumbosacral strain, right and left lower extremity sciatic and femoral radiculopathies, tinnitus, and PTSD.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to uncorroborated in-service stressors.

The Board granted service connection for a major depressive disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), effective December 15, 2021.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating and a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity at the femoral nerve, respectively, effective January 6, 2022.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for PTSD, insomnia disorder, and TBI with mild neurocognitive disorder, DEA based on permanent and total disability status, and service connection for migraine headaches.

The Board granted an initial rating of 100 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder from July 27, 2020.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied other claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates.