PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and a higher initial disability rating, as well as the claim for special home adaptation.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Veteran's occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for vertigo and PTSD, an increased initial rating for migraines, and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and remanded claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left lower nerve pain, right lower nerve pain, bilateral pes planus, and tinnitus.

The Board grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a right ankle disability for readjudication as new and relevant evidence has been received.

The appeal regarding the hypertension, PTSD, hearing loss, and AFIB issues listed in the November 1, 2023, rating decision is dismissed. The August 29, 2024, Board Appeal request was not timely filed with respect to the July 14, 2022, rating decision that granted service connection for PTSD at 30 percent effective February 18, 2022, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss at 20 percent effective February 18, 2022, and denied service connection for AFIB.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for a 70 percent rating and denied an increased rating more than 70 percent for PTSD, borderline personality disorder, and alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD but granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) as of December 3, 2021.

The appeal for a 10 percent disability rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities is dismissed as the Veteran has been in receipt of a compensable disability rating throughout the period on appeal.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and obstructive sleep apnea, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these claims.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent evaluation for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (MDD), effective July 10, 2021.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and remanded the claim for service connection for a recurrent sleep disability to include obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (MDD), and schizophrenia, from February 4, 2021, and thereafter, as well as special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria for the same period.

The Board granted an effective date of September 14, 2023, but no earlier, for the award of a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD with MDD and anxious distress.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD was dismissed as it is a freestanding claim initiated after the one-year period where such a challenge would be viable.

The Board determined that the severance of service connection for PTSD, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, radiculopathy, left lower extremity, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), and tinnitus was proper due to clear and unmistakable error in the initial award.

The Board granted an effective date of October 23, 2020, for the grant of service connection for PTSD but denied a rating in excess of 70 percent and remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU prior to May 10, 2022.