PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for genital herpes and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the service-connected genital herpes, but denied service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence of an in-service event or exposure.

The Board remands the claims for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an alcohol abuse disorder as secondary to the service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD with status post concussion with insomnia, fluctuating tonal receptivity, and hypersensitivity to sound and light.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder, anxiety, depression, PTSD and insomnia, as there was no medical evidence linking these conditions to his service or any in-service event.

The Board denied service connection for left and right knee disorders, a higher evaluation for PTSD, earlier effective dates for hypertension and back disability, dismissed an appeal for an earlier effective date for residual gunshot wound scars, and remanded several other issues.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 100 percent rating effective May 1, 2024, due to severe symptoms that manifest as total social and occupational impairment.

The Board denied the claims for an increased initial rating for PTSD and alcohol use disorder, a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for a low back disability, and service connection for bilateral lower extremity sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia of the right lower extremity.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The claim for pes planus was remanded.

The Board denied an initial increased disability rating higher than 30 percent for PTSD and a TDIU before April 12, 2024.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a higher initial rating for PTSD and an earlier effective date for SMC, as it did not have the authority to decide these matters before the deadline for requesting an AMA docket switch has elapsed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD, as the criteria under 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c) were not met.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion to reconcile findings in the Veteran's February 2022 VFAI and determine if he meets eligibility criteria for PCAFC benefits.

The Board granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for the period before May 21, 2025.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the severity, frequency, and duration of symptoms that caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent rating for PTSD and remanded issues related to service connection for COPD and TDIU.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder, and cannabis use disorder, lumbosacral strain, right elbow burn scars, pseudofolliculitis barbae, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, low testosterone, and left knee disability. However, service connection was granted for TBI, left forehead scar, and left arm scars.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD as the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board denied a disability rating greater than 50 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual employability (TDIU) prior to July 6, 2020.