PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board granted an effective date of August 28, 2019, for the award of a 100 percent rating for PTSD based on continuous pursuit of the claim and supporting evidence of symptoms warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board remands the case to obtain further service personnel records for a compelling circumstances analysis and to determine whether additional evidence can substantiate the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD with alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted service connection for a neck disability and PTSD, restored the 50 percent rating for unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, and denied service connection for a low back disability. The Board also denied an increased rating for TBI residuals and an initial compensable evaluation for allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD from August 5, 2021, as the evidence did not show occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Veteran's service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted based on the evidence supporting a current diagnosis and a link to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left ankle sprain, headaches, lumbar strain, and PTSD were denied based on his failure to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to allow the AOJ to consider new and relevant evidence in the first instance.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a right shoulder condition, finding that there was no credible evidence supporting an in-service incurrence or relationship to service.

The appeal for whether the claims may be processed as a fully developed claim is dismissed as moot.

The Board denied higher staged ratings for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and PTSD but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from August 1, 2022.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD and TDIU from January 1, 2020, but denied TDIU prior to that date.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent rating of his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that no new and material evidence was received within one year of the April 2014 rating decision, which granted service connection at a 30 percent rating.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder, as the Veteran's symptoms are commensurate with those associated with this rating.

The Board granted service connection for a voiding dysfunction, to include urinary frequency, and a 70 percent rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder from March 21, 2019. Other claims were denied.

The appeal for a higher rating for GERD with Barrett's esophagus and hiatal hernia was granted, while appeals for increased ratings for PTSD and TDIU were dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's PTSD, finding that her symptoms were fully contemplated by the currently assigned 70 percent rating.

The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for PTSD was withdrawn by the Veteran, and therefore, the appeal is dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, a right shoulder disability, and PTSD to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of a psychiatric disability, finding that April 15, 2009, is the earliest possible date based on the evidence.