PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's bilateral plantar fasciitis, eye/vision disability, head injury, left ankle and right ankle disabilities, left knee and right knee disabilities, mid/lower back disability, and tinnitus were not incurred in or aggravated by service.,Service connection for ED as secondary to PTSD was granted.

The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating greater than 40 percent for TBI, service connection for a bilateral foot disability, including plantar fasciitis, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety, depression, and polysubstance abuse disorder. The Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD is also remanded.

The Veteran's PTSD disability is now rated at 100 percent effective January 3, 2020. The Board found that the Veteran has total occupational and social impairment due to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, recurrent major depressive disorder, chronic sleep impairment, pansinusitis, and allergic rhinitis.

The Veteran's eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under Chapter 35 was not granted prior to January 10, 2019, due to the requirement of permanent and total disability. The effective date cannot precede the award of permanent disability.

The March 2024 rating decision granted a 100% disability rating for PTSD with unspecified bipolar and related disorder effective December 4, 2023. The decision also denied other issues including increased ratings for left ankle and knee disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are causally related to her reported military sexual trauma (MST) during service.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating of PTSD was granted, with a 50% rating effective from November 21, 2019. The severity, frequency, and duration of the symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability solely due to service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with depression as of December 4, 2021.,Special monthly compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) is granted effective from December 4, 2021.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the 100 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder with depression remains pending.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for left lower extremity radiculopathy, PTSD with depression, hypervigilance, insomnia, and intermittent explosive disorder (PTSD), and lumbar spondylosis with degenerative disc disease and facet arthropathy (lumbar spine DDD) as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to promulgation of a decision.

The Veteran's symptoms in the one-year period prior to his March 8, 2023 claim did not cause a disability rating of 70% or higher. The Board denied entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate VA examination and a duty to assist error. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD related to military sexual trauma (MST), is being reviewed again as new evidence indicates he may have other conditions such as major depressive disorder.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have been rated at 70% since August 17, 2015. The Board has granted a 100% rating for PTSD as of March 21, 2019.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD is dismissed due to the filing of a concurrent election.

The Veteran's claims for TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate prior to December 6, 2018 were denied due to insufficient evidence showing he was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation solely as a result of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and depression, finding that there was no credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressors related to MST.

Service connection for PTSD, neck disability, low back disability, and right hip disability is granted.,PTSD rating increased to 70% effective April 17, 2024.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD is etiologically related to his active service and grants entitlement to service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no diagnosis of PTSD in accordance with DSM-5 and thus not meeting the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's malaria is inactive with no symptoms or residuals, and thus a compensable rating is denied.,The scar from the sebaceous cyst below the right eye does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating as it has no characteristic of disfigurement.