PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is denied, and her claim for service connection for a neck scar is granted. The Board found that the Veteran's neck scar is related to an incident during active duty training in 2018.

The Board has determined that there is insufficient medical evidence to decide the service connection claim for OSA secondary to PTSD. The Veteran's claim was remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been denied, and the rating for IVDS in excess of 10% is remanded.

The Veteran's PTSD with TBI has been rated at 70 percent effective July 22, 2024. The VA also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for PTSD effective November 27, 2023, and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) eligibility effective the same date.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD have been denied.,Service connection was not granted for bilateral hearing loss due to the lack of a showing of a hearing loss disability in either ear as defined by VA regulations.

The Veteran's TDIU for PTSD is granted effective April 1, 2020. SMC at the housebound rate is also granted from December 12, 2022 due to additional service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD and entitlement to TDIU based on service-connected PTSD have been denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for patellofemoral syndrome, left knee and PTSD are remanded due to inadequate examinations and missing treatment records.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD was withdrawn, and the appeal as to the timeliness of a request for Higher Level Review of a December 2014 legacy rating decision denying entitlement to service connection for a foot condition is denied.

New and relevant evidence has been received to reconsider the claims for bilateral pes planus, hypertension, PTSD, and right knee disability.,The Veteran's right knee disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and erectile dysfunction (ED). The claim for readjudication of obstructive sleep apnea was also denied due to lack of new and relevant evidence.

The Veteran's cervical disorder, diagnosed as cervical spondylosis (cervical degenerative joint disease), mechanical cervical pain, foraminal stenosis/central stenosis, cervical sprain/strain, radiculopathy, and ankylosis of the cervical spine is granted.,The Veteran's major depressive disorder and PTSD are both granted.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea due to a lack of sufficient medical evidence. The Veteran's symptoms need further examination by VA doctors.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, PTSD, and acquired psychiatric disorder to include major depressive disorder have been granted. However, the effective date remains pending as it is related to a separate claim for an earlier effective date for tinnitus.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent effective October 13, 2021.,The Veteran is also entitled to a TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) based on the same date.

The appeal as to service connection for PTSD and sinusitis is dismissed. The appeal as to service connection for fibromyalgia is remanded.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that the Veteran did not have a current disability and failed to establish a link between his in-service stressor and any diagnosed condition.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for PTSD was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is at least as likely as not related to her in-service MST. Therefore, service connection for this condition is granted.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted as service-connected due to the presumption of continuity between his in-service anxiety and current symptoms.