PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD, TBI, tension headaches, a lumbar spine compression fracture, a right elbow fracture, scars of the right forearm, neuropathy of the right upper extremity, a right wrist fracture, and tinnitus previously found to be service connected for treatment purposes only is dismissed. Service connection for a right knee disability is granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from May 23, 2014, to December 9, 2020.

The Board denied a rating for PTSD in excess of 70 percent, finding that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder results in impairment in most areas but not total social impairment.

The Veteran's appeal to the May 10, 2017, Statement of the Case was denied as untimely and dismissed.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with TBI and memory loss prior to June 6, 2019, and a 30 percent disability rating for headaches prior to the same date.

The Veteran's PTSD symptoms warranted a 100% disability rating as of May 12, 2020, but not earlier. The effective date for the increased rating is set at this time.

The Veteran's asthma was granted an earlier effective date of August 20, 2021.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was also granted with an effective date of August 20, 2021.

Your claim for service connection for PTSD has been dismissed as it is a duplicate appeal.

The Board has dismissed the claims of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety, as well as left knee condition due to a procedural error in issuing the November 2022 rating decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's PTSD resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking and/or mood. The Board found that the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment required for a higher rating.

The Veteran's service-connected erectile dysfunction and acquired psychiatric disability (including unspecified depressive disorder and PTSD) have been granted, along with special monthly compensation for the loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and MDD, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected genital herpes.

The Veteran's initial rating for PTSD is granted at a 100 percent, effective from January 27, 2005.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder in remission is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The VA treatment records from January 2023 need to be obtained and associated with the claim file.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for PTSD and tinnitus due to a duty-to-assist error. The Veteran's claim is being recharacterized under Clemons v. Shinseki, 23 Vet. App. 1 (2009), which requires VA to obtain an examination to expand the Veteran's claim to include any acquired psychiatric disorder including and other than PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of June 29, 2021 for the grant of service connection for PTSD is denied. The Board found that the earliest possible effective date was assigned based on the receipt of the supplemental claim.

The Veteran's PTSD is related to his military service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal regarding a compensable rating for hypertension and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is dismissed. A rating of 70 percent for PTSD is granted.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, MDD, cocaine use disorder, and alcohol use disorder based on the Veteran's in-service personal assaults.