PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD, effective September 18, 2024, and dismissed the claim for TDIU as moot.

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for sleep apnea and PTSD, as the appeals were not timely filed.

The Board granted an effective date of October 11, 2022, for the grant of service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claims for service connection for splenomegaly, fecal retention, and hiatal hernia.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and an initial 10 percent rating for a headache disability, while denying ratings in excess of 40 percent for a low back disability and any compensable rating for allergic rhinitis. Service connection was granted for tinnitus and bilateral foot disabilities but denied for other conditions.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 29, 2021, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, due to inadequate VA examination opinions and missing evidence from a workers' compensation claim.

The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder due to military sexual trauma and unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD from November 30, 2017.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD, effective July 20, 2023.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining private medical records and scheduling an examination.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obstructive sleep apnea, finding no credible evidence supporting the Veteran's claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for right foot degenerative arthritis and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The appeal seeking service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election of administrative review options.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 9, 2023, for the award of service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent rating for service-connected PTSD, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that the increase in disability occurred within one year prior to June 20, 2024.

The Board denied service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, posttraumatic stress disorder, left tennis elbow, and right tennis elbow as the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD with insomnia and depression, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety due to the need for a more adequate medical examination.