PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to address the Veteran's challenge to the adequacy of the September 2020 VA PTSD examination and to consider additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and sinusitis, while denying service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety, bilateral hearing loss, dysmenorrhea, eating disorder, right foot disorder, and other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder, psychiatric disorder, and headache disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding private medical records and SSA records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in that the AOJ failed to obtain service treatment records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD effective December 9, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date of July 3, 2013, for the award of service connection for PTSD on the basis of clear and unmistakable error in a February 26, 2015, rating decision.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, MDD, and schizophrenia, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas but did not warrant total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, granted a temporary total disability rating based on inpatient treatment over 21 days due to service-connected PTSD from October 23, 2019, to December 6, 2019, and granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate from February 19, 2019, to August 31, 2019, and from May 12, 2023.

The Board denied an initial evaluation higher than 50% for PTSD with MDD prior to August 7, 2023, and an evaluation higher than 70% from August 7, 2023.

The Veteran's appeals for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals are therefore dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, vision impairment, hypertension, headaches, gastrointestinal ulcers, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and entitlement to TDIU due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's deployment in Macedonia and incomplete information on the VA Form 21-8940.

The claim for service connection for PTSD was dismissed as the Veteran's original claim was granted in 2012, and there is no case or controversy to decide.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease and an initial 10 percent evaluation for hypertension, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a prostate disability, and PTSD. The effective date for the award of service connection for hypertension was denied.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including depression, sleeplessness, and PTSD.

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, including obtaining personnel records and a retirement credit summary to determine the Veteran's eligible active service periods.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD from May 20, 2018 to August 10, 2020 and a 100 percent rating from September 1, 2020. The claims for increased ratings for dyschromia, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, thoracolumbar strain, and TDIU were remanded.