PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance, finding that he did not require regular aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with anxious distress based on a stressor related to military sexual trauma during active service.

The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including lumbar condition and PTSD, with specific ratings and effective dates.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of July 18, 2019 for the grants of service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and left knee arthritis (extension) due to good cause established by the Veteran's intent to file a claim during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Board granted service connection for right wrist strain, testicular pain, TMJ with bruxism, and erectile dysfunction (secondary to PTSD), while denying increased ratings for PTSD, left wrist strain, abdominal scarring status post appendectomy, chronic sinusitis, IBS, and bilateral hearing loss. The Board also granted special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claim for service connection for migraines.

The Board remands the issues on appeal for correction of a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically failing to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.

The Board denied the petition to reopen entitlement to service connection for a skin disability, granted service connection for hypertension on a basis other than pursuant to the PACT Act, and denied service connection for a gum/dental disability. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and tinnitus were also denied.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to address whether the VA examiner adequately addressed the Veteran's reports of alcohol use during active service and the relationship between the current psychosis and an in-service stressor.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to PTSD effective January 29, 2015, but denied a higher rating for the Veteran's PTSD.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of service connection for PTSD and erectile dysfunction, dismissed the claim for dyshidrotic eczema and tinea pedis, and granted service connection for various other conditions including lumbar degenerative arthritis with IVDS, right and left lower extremity radiculopathies, right and left knee degenerative arthritis, chronic rhinitis, tinnitus, bilateral pes planus, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with insomnia, finding that her symptoms did not warrant a higher rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for a headache condition and PTSD, finding that the current ratings of 50 percent for the headache condition and 70 percent for PTSD were appropriate.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a left ankle disability.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety disorder, based on the evidence of record.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, finding that his symptoms overlap with a previously service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of November 29, 2022, for the 60 percent rating of asthma and COPD with chronic bronchiolitis but denied other claims related to increased ratings or earlier effective dates.