PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the case to correct a duty to assist error, specifically the failure to obtain relevant Social Security Administration (SSA) records.

The veteran's effective date for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea was granted as August 18, 2009.

The Board granted a request to re-evaluate the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The case is being sent back to the agency that originally decided it.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for a 30% rating increase for PTSD with depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder. The effective date remains March 21, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD because the Veteran's condition did not onset during service and was not related to an in-service injury or event.

The veteran is granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD. The issue of entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected PTSD is remanded.

The Veteran's increased rating of 100 percent for service-connected PTSD is effective from November 17, 2017.

The Board dismissed several appeals for earlier effective dates related to service-connected scars and PTSD. Some motions for revision based on clear and unmistakable error were also dismissed, while others were remanded.

The veteran was granted a 60% rating for prostate cancer and TDIU, but denied an increased rating for PTSD. The veteran was also granted SMC based on being housebound.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, MDD, AUD, CUD, and hypertension prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to August 20, 2020. The Board granted a TDIU beginning on that date.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU prior to May 5, 2022, is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide the claim fairly.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD and TDIU prior to March 2, 2022. The veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a 100% rating or TDIU during the appeal period.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD because the veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 10, 2022, for service connection of PTSD. The earliest effective date supported by law is January 10, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding it was caused by weight gain associated with the veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability and PTSD.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea. The Board needs more information to decide if the veteran's in-service personality disorder was aggravated by a superimposed disease or injury during service.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including as secondary to PTSD, due to errors in obtaining necessary records and opinions.

Service connection for PTSD is granted. The issues of service connection for erectile dysfunction and entitlement to SMC based on loss of use are remanded.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, acknowledging that the Veteran's current PTSD is causally related to his military service during which he witnessed the death of a fellow servicemember.

The veteran's claim for PTSD was denied due to lack of a current diagnosis. The claim for lumbar spine disability as secondary to the service-connected left knee disability was remanded for further evaluation.