PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain issues for further development.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent rating due to recurring auditory and visual hallucinations, persistent risk of self-harm, and repeated cycles of manic and depressive episodes.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, anxiety, and panic disorder, as a VA examination is needed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected PTSD, finding that he is not precluded from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board remands the claim of service connection for PTSD for further development, as none of the VA examiners who saw the Veteran during the appeal period considered all of his pre-service, in-service, and post-service stressors.

The Board granted an effective date of February 12, 2013 for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on statutory housebound criteria.

The Board remands the service connection claim for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to the appellant's incarceration preventing him from attending a scheduled VA examination.

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD from April 5, 2023, but denied a higher rating.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from August 7, 2018, to January 27, 2021, and a 100 percent rating effective January 28, 2021.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is granted a 100 percent evaluation effective March 3, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's PTSD contributed substantially and materially to his suicide.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for her left and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and PTSD with alcohol use disorder, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and GERD, but denied an initial compensable disability rating for IBS. The remaining issues related to multiple joint disabilities were remanded.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted an increased rating of 50 percent from July 28, 2023. Other claims for increased ratings were denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis and the evidence did not support a link between the claimed condition and his military service.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 29, 2012 for the grant of service connection for PTSD but denied an earlier effective date prior to September 6, 2023 for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 4, 2019, for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a lumbar spine disability, a cervical spine disability, and a left knee disability due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for Lewy body dementia with parkinsonism and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance, but denied service connection for skin disability, residuals of shrapnel wounds, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and psychiatric disorder.