PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent from September 2, 2011 to September 4, 2019. The Board has found that the evidence more closely approximates a 70 percent rating for this period due to significant social and occupational impairments. The case is remanded for further development including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a new VA examination.

The Veteran's PTSD is being remanded for a more contemporaneous VA examination to assess the current severity of his condition.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD, is found to be related to his service and granted.

The Veteran's PTSD and major depressive disorder resulted in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity prior to September 9, 2021. The current rating of 50 percent is denied as the symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's PTSD is granted with a 50% rating prior to July 11, 2016. The claim for service connection of the left leg neurological disorder is remanded due to lack of compliance with previous Board directives.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability is reopened, and his PTSD rating is remanded. The left knee disability secondary to right knee disability is also remanded.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and bipolar disorder, finding that his symptoms are related to his in-service stressor of witnessing a fellow servicemember's suicide.

The Veteran's service connection claims for PTSD, MDD, and tinnitus have been granted. The hearing loss claim is being remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, PFB, and erectile dysfunction have been granted. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for recurrent lumbar spine disability, recurrent right ankle disability, recurrent left ankle disability, right foot hallux valgus with gout and heel spurs, and left knee Osgood Schlatter's disease.

The Board denied the Veteran's TDIU claim as his service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to October 7, 2021, due to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD causing significant impairment in his ability to secure and maintain employment.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected PTSD caused or aggravated his hypertensive cardiovascular disease, which contributed to his death.

The Veteran's service connection for PTSD due to MST is granted, and the issue of service connection for a bilateral knee disorder is remanded.

The appeals for service connection of PTSD and asbestosis are dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 3, 2016, for the grant of service connection for PTSD is denied. The effective date assigned is April 19, 2017, as it is the latest of the specified dates.

The Veteran's PTSD rating has been increased to 70 percent, but the appeal is for a higher disability rating. The Board has remanded the case due to outdated VA treatment records and an old VA examination.

The Veteran's TBI residuals, PTSD, and associated conditions have been rated as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective January 21, 2022.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral cataracts and PTSD, finding that there is no persuasive evidence linking these conditions to his active service.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for PTSD was dismissed as he withdrew his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD due to Military Sexual Trauma (MST), finding that all evidence supports a link between his in-service trauma and current mental health conditions.