PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board granted a maximum schedular 100 percent rating for the Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to symptoms resulting in both total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance regarding its etiological relation to active-duty service.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not providing a thorough medical examination.

The Board granted higher initial ratings of 70 percent for PTSD and 30 percent for chronic maxillary sinusitis, effective February 14, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability, headache, chronic respiratory disability, fungal infection of the feet, foot disabilities, muscle pain, tendonitis, bowel disability, and hearing loss.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria and a rating of 60 percent for chronic fatigue syndrome, but denied service connection for adjustment disorder and a higher rating for posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability.

The Board denied service connection for anemia, obesity, and depression. The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD effective May 20, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and a 100 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, dismissing TDIU as moot.

The Board granted an effective date of May 22, 2015, for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for the service-connected psychiatric disability and denied earlier effective dates, initial ratings, and other claims.

The Veteran was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the intermediate rate between 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l) and (m), but a higher level of SMC, including under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r), was denied.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased disability ratings for PTSD and an earlier effective date for TDIU, as pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors need correction.

The Board denied service connection for left and right knee, and left and right hip disabilities but granted a 70% rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and cannabis use disorder from April 28, 2014 to September 15, 2015.

The appeal seeking an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD from February 14, 2019, is dismissed as the Board's June 21, 2021 decision on this matter is final and not subject to further appeal.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date of December 14, 2015, but no earlier, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD was granted. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).

The Board granted an effective date of September 18, 2017 for the award of service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied earlier effective dates for a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy, a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, and a rating in excess of 20 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy. The Board remanded the issue of service connection for sleep apnea.

The case is remanded for the appellant to be afforded a hearing before a Decision Review Officer (DRO) and for readjudication of the claim.