PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions due to untimely filing of the December 2024 VA Form 10182.

The Board denied higher ratings for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, left and right knee strains, a left lower leg scar based on pain, a left lower leg scar based on underlying soft tissue damage, and adult acne with scarring.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as the evidence did not support a finding that his current mental health conditions were related to his active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for COPD, emphysema, a chest wall condition, PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, a low back condition, TBI, and a chest tumor.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and granted a 50 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder from March 19, 2024.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for increased disability ratings and higher initial disability ratings, leading to their dismissal.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for gastrointestinal problems and PTSD, and denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. The issue of a separate evaluation for bulimia nervosa was remanded.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD with prolonged grief disorder and denied an effective date prior to November 22, 2022, for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The appeal is dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection for congestive heart failure and PTSD, granted a TDIU due to service-connected PTSD, and granted special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including GAD, MDD, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and foot disabilities. The claim for NSC pension benefits was dismissed as moot due to a higher disability rating.

The Board grants an earlier effective date of May 2, 2018 for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted an effective date of July 23, 2015, for the award of service connection for PTSD and a 70 percent initial rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with alcohol dependence and residuals of TBI with peripheral vestibular disorder, finding that the severity, frequency, and duration of his symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas prior to March 28, 2023.

The Board denied increased ratings for various disabilities and granted earlier effective dates for service connection of scars, but denied an earlier effective date for individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and PTSD, remanded several claims including those for a left knee disability, right shoulder disability, hypertension, craniomandibular disorder, and a compensable rating for residuals of a right femur fracture.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD due to MST as an impermissible concurrent election.