PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, alcohol dependence, anxiety, bipolar disorder, adjustment disorder, and possible personality disorder, as the current VA medical opinion is found inadequate.

The appeal for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and service connection for metatarsalgia (foot pain) (Morton's disease) (plantar fasciitis (also claimed as foot problems) was dismissed. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and personality disorder, for further development.

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus, diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral hearing loss, and PTSD with neurocognitive disorder.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of an increased rating of 100 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder, Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits, and Aid and Attendance benefits based upon housebound status.

The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for the service-connected psychiatric disability prior to September 14, 2023.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for depression, an earlier effective date for PTSD, and an earlier effective date for sinusitis.

The Board denied the request to revise a July 30, 2018, rating decision that denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen and readjudicate the claim for service connection for PTSD, as new and relevant evidence was not received.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD due to new and relevant evidence being received since the December 2018 rating decision.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not support total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and denied the claims for service connection for sinusitis, an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for urinary frequency, and evaluations in excess of 10 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The issues related to non-allergic rhinitis, PTSD, fatigue, erectile dysfunction, bilateral pes planus, and fibromyalgia were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder with anxious distress, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no evidence of a current disability.

The Board denied a rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder since March 3, 2022.

The Board granted a higher initial rating of 100 percent for PTSD from December 20, 2019, to March 19, 2021.

The Veteran is entitled to an effective date of February 9, 2021, but no earlier, for a 100 percent disability evaluation for service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for acne, higher ratings for bilateral hearing loss and PTSD, and a higher rating for PTSD.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all issues, and the Board dismissed the case.

The Veteran's PTSD with other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder was granted an initial rating of 50 percent prior to April 20, 2020, and a 100 percent rating from that date.