PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The veteran's PTSD is now considered a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records from systems not accessible by the Board. The issues of a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, and a TDIU are all being remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to the need for VA examinations and additional records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding his in-service boat accident and treatment records. The Veteran is still seeking service connection for PTSD and an unspecified depressive disorder.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted in a June 2020 rating decision, rendering the appeal moot.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, but no higher. The decision also grants TDIU based on PTSD and SMC at the housebound rate.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, finding no current diagnosis and insufficient evidence of a stressor.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed as his service-connected disabilities, including a 100% rating for heart disease, render him unable to work. The appeal on the matter must be dismissed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) during the appeal period. The Board found that the Veteran was gainfully employed throughout the appeal period and did not have sufficient evidence to grant TDIU.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, is rated at 100 percent effective January 25, 2018.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating greater than 50 percent for PTSD with alcohol and cannabis use disorder was denied because he failed to appear for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD does not meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU during the period from May 10, 2017 to December 19, 2021. The case is being remanded for extraschedular consideration.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's intent to file a claim was received on January 18, 2018. The decision is based on the date VA received his intent form and not due to any new evidence or changes in law.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for low back disability, cervical dysplasia, post-traumatic stress disorder with depressive disorder, and plantar fasciitis of the bilateral feet. The Veteran's new evidence is sufficient to reopen these claims.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee disability was denied. The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent disabling from December 4, 2019, and granted total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, effective May 17, 2021. The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms warranted a 70 percent rating throughout the appeal period.

The Board has remanded the claims for a broken right zygomatic arch, missing tooth for VA compensation, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression, GAD, panic disorder, and/or PTSD), sleep disorder, facial scars, and back disability due to incomplete development of records.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and right foot pes planus, finding that the Veteran's reported stressor events were not corroborated and that his preexisting right foot condition was not aggravated by military service.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorder is rated at 30 percent prior to June 10, 2019 and at 50 percent from that date onwards. The rating for the left ankle disability was increased to 30 percent from January 26, 2022 onwards.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been reopened. The appeal of the rating in excess of 20 percent for left knee instability is dismissed. The claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and depression or TBI, are remanded.