PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 100 percent for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, with subclinical features of posttraumatic stress disorder, resolving reasonable doubts in the Veteran's favor.

The Board grants service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Veteran's in-service stressors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection and TDIU, as well as SMC based on housebound criteria.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and major depressive disorder, as secondary to a service-connected left ankle disorder.

The appeal of the denial of service connection for right ankle disability, tinnitus, and PTSD was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating, but no higher, and TDIU was also granted.

The appeal for a higher disability rating for PTSD was withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for GERD and an initial increased rating of 70 percent, but no higher, for PTSD. Bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for TBI and a higher rating for PTSD due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and a TDIU due to outstanding documents and forms needed for a proper adjudication.

The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder was granted a disability rating of 100 percent from March 27, 2008 to August 9, 2019, and the same for his persistent depressive disorder with TBI and PTSD from August 9, 2019.

The Board granted restoration of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate, effective February 1, 2024.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for PTSD, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating for her service-connected PTSD, finding that the severity of her symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for PTSD and whether the character of the Appellant's discharge from service is a bar to entitlement to VA benefits, exclusive of health care and related benefits authorized under Chapter 17.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and granted an initial rating of 70 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but no more, subject to the laws and regulations governing the award of monetary benefits.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for migraines, cervical spinal stenosis, a scar on neck, and right ankle disability, as well as increased ratings for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The appeal for service connection for PTSD was denied due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD.

The veteran's appeal requests were denied as they were not timely filed within one year of the respective rating decisions, and no good cause was shown for the late filings.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal Request was not timely filed and no good cause was shown.

The Board granted a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD prior to April 15, 2024 and denied a rating in excess of 70 percent from that date.