BVA Decisions on PTSD

169 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving PTSD — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 11-2349 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2011-06-22
  SCHOELEN, Judge :the appellant III ,appeals through counsel a June 22, 2011,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1)determined new and material evidence had not been rece...
• CAVCCase 24-2807 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-09-09
  In December 2021,the Board determined that the October 2021 VA examination report was inadequate and that another examination ....
• CAVCCase 24-4659 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacated 2025-08-29
  On May 10,2024,the Board denied disability ratings for MDD with anxious distress in excess of 10%for the period from August 10,2015,to November 14,2018; in excess of 50%for the per...
• CAVCCase 12-2616 — Remanded / Reversed / Vacated 1969-04-01
  The appellant and, on remand,the Board determined the RO decision to be void ab initio,and the 10%was restored,effective April 1, 1969....
• CAVCCase 18-1103 — Vacated / Remanded 2018-01-18
  The examiner also noted that the appellant had described the severity of his PTSD as mild,but the examiner gave the appellant the benefit of the doubt that his symptoms wax and wan...
• CAVCCase 24-1022 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-06-30
  The Board noted that neither the veteran nor his representative alleged any error with VA's duty to assist or a lack of substantial compliance with the September 2022 Board remand ...
• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1999-02-11
  In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
• CAVCCase 15-2585 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-03-30
  This matter was referred to a panel of the Court, with oral argument,to address the circumstances under which the duty to assist requires VA,in a claim for service connection for a...
• CAVCCase 19-5724 — Vacated / Remanded 2019-04-26
  She also argues in her initial brief that an August 1990 rating decision never addressed whether this evidence from 1989 and 1990 was new and material evidence within the meaning o...
• CAVCCase 23-5618 — Affirmed 2024-11-25
  McDonough ,the appellant argues that remand is required for the Board to use the correct test for 'employment in a protected environment,'that his employment did or did not shield ...
• CAVCCase 22-3013 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-03-01
  As for secondary service connection,the examiner found that [t]he two conditions are not medically related, [t]he claimed disorder is a separate entity entirely from the service[-]...
• CAVCCase 14-3126 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-09-04
  As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because VA had conducted all development necessary to substantiate the claims....
• CAVCCase 12-1845 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-05-21
  For the reasons that follow,the Court will reverse the Board's finding that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence sufficient to reopen his 1 The Board referred to a ...
• CAVCCase 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1996-08-01
  In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
• CAVCCase 10-1267 — Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed / Vacated 2010-04-05
  , through counsel,appeals an April 5, 2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims to reopen a previously denied claim for servic...
• CAVCCase 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed 2015-05-28
  Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
• CAVCCase 21-2635 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-03-25
  The RO advised the appellant that [e]fforts to obtain [his] service treatment records from all potential sources were unsuccessful and that [t]he [NPRC]reported that the records ma...
• CAVCCase 22-3160 — Affirmed 2022-02-03
  In an April 2019 decision, the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than August 17,2011,for the grant of TDIU for accrued-benefits purposes....
• CAVCCase 04-2310 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed 2009-05-11
  The appellant perfected an appeal to the Board,and in August 1999,the Board denied a disability rating greater than 30%for his PTSD and denied entitlement to a TDIU rating....
• CAVCCase 23-0038 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2022-05-09
  In response to a claim received on March 15,2018, 4 a VA regional office (RO) denied service connection for both diabetes and anxiety based on a lack of new and material evidence,a...
• CAVCCase 23-4298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2024-06-06
  Additionally,the Board awarded disability compensation for pseudofolliculitis barbae and found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for disability com...
• CAVCCase 06-1464 — Vacated / Remanded 2006-02-01
  The appellant had submitted new and material evidence sufficient to reopen a claim for service connection for a lower back disability; (2) denied that claim on the merits; (3) deni...
• CAVCCase 94-661 — Reversed / Vacated 1997-03-07
  In order to conduct meaningful research, the veteran must provide the "who, what, where[,] and when" of each stressor....
• CAVCCase 95-984 — Dismissed 2001-06-14
  Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) affirmed the Court's decision that the November 1972 VARO decision did not contain CUE, but remanded the matter to determ...
• CAVCCase 23-5851 — Remanded / Vacated 2024-11-27
  The accompanying medical opinions concluded that the veteran's left and right foot conditions were less likely than not related to service because there was [n]o chronic evaluation...
• CAVCCase 22-4221 — Affirmed 2022-05-11
  The VA examiner diagnosed an insomnia disorder but opined that [t]he timing of the onset of insomnia,combined with the lack of other trauma[-]related symptoms, indicates that insom...
• CAVCCase 18-1440 — Affirmed 2017-11-28
  The RO also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for disability compensation for a personality disorder,previously claimed as a mental...
• CAVCCase 18-4571 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 1992-08-24
  The Board also determined that new and material evidence had not been received and therefore declined to reopen previously denied claims for benefits for right ear hearing loss and...
• CAVCCase 23-527 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-07-31
  A separate medical opinion completed by the same psychologist provided a negative nexus and stated that the [e]xaminer sees no evidence of [m]emory [l]oss....
• CAVCCase 03-0221 — Affirmed / Remanded 2002-10-07
  The appellant's request for revision on the basis that the 1971 Board failed to consider the possible application of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (...
• CAVCCase 24-0597 — Reversed 2025-04-29
  In a July 2010 Statement of the Case (SOC),the AOJ again declined to reopen claims for service connection for a bilateral knee condition and back condition,finding no new and mater...
• CAVCCase 21-5718 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-30
  For the following reasons,the Court will vacate the Board's decision to the extent that the Board failed to address the reasonably raised issue of entitlement to secondary service ...
• CAVCCase 21-3379 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-03-17
  Following the examination,VA sought an additional medical opinion,explaining that the prior examiner also noted a diagnosis of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH),a condition that i...
• CAVCCase 10-2753 — Affirmed / Vacated 2009-06-17
  The appellant were not credible and that VA's duty to assist did not require it to provide him with a medical examination,and because the appellant....
• CAVCCase 12-2012 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2012-02-29
  The appellant averred that the veteran submitted new and material evidence within the one-year appeal period and that VA had failed to adjudicate the claim on the merits....
• CAVCCase 22-411 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-09-26
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a September 26,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)a lumbar spine disability;...
• CAVCCase 17-1885 — Affirmed 2017-03-21
  5103A(d),the Secretary's duty to assist includes providing a medical examination or obtaining a medical opinion when such an examination or opinion is necessary to make a decision ...
• CAVCCase 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-10-02
  In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
• CAVCCase 23-6949 — Unknown 2024-10-31
  In the remand instructions,the Board noted that regarding the appellant's physical assault, the examiner should indicate whether any behavioral changes that occurred at or close in...
• CAVCCase 19-5987 — Affirmed 2019-05-13
  The appellant ,through counsel appeals a May 13, 2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen previousl...
• CAVCCase 97-1192 — Affirmed / Vacated 2000-04-25
  The appellant argues as follows: (1) that the Federal Government failed to provide documentation of his exposure to Agent Orange and biological and chemical warfare agents (Argumen...
• CAVCCase 17-0995 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-02-08
  After finding that VA had satisfied its duty to assist by obtaining various post-service medical records and providing adequate examinations relevant to each disability,R....
• CAVCCase 20-7178 — Affirmed 2020-06-25
  In the June 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied an initial disability rating greater than 50%for PTSD and an effective date earlier than November 16,2012,for the award of SMC(...
• CAVCCase 23-4291 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-12-30
  The Board found that [t]he [v]eteran's PTSD more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, and the Board noted that his symp...
• CAVCCase 18-2844 — Affirmed 2018-02-13
  Parties'Arguments The appellant argues that the Board erred when it determined that his statements describing the alleged MST were not credible and accordingly declined to afford h...
• CAVCCase 14-0635 — Affirmed 2014-01-02
  He contends that VA failed to satisfy its duty to assist him by gathering relevant documents and providing an adequate medical nexus opinion....
• CAVCCase 96-179 — Affirmed 1952-01-17
  The appellant, appeals a February 9, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which concluded that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen...
• CAVCCase 24-2039 — Unknown 2025-05-07
  The Secretary concedes the Board erred in denying a TDIU....
• Fed. Cir.Case 08-3983 — Affirmed 2012-03-23
  DVA informed [name redacted] that her claim could only be reopened if she submitted new and material evidence....
• CAVCCase 15-1477 — Affirmed / Remanded 2015-03-19
  Decision on Appeal In the March 2015 decision on appeal,the Board determined that the appellant....
• Fed. Cir.Case 08-2236 — Unknown 2011-09-15
  The appellant appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“the Veter- ans Court”) holding that the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) ha...
• Fed. Cir.Case 08-0089 — Vacated 2011-10-07
  The appellant argued that his February 1998 submission was actually new and material evidence relating to the earlier, May 1997, rating decision and should have been assessed as su...
• CAVCCase 19-8155 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-08-13
  In his informal brief, the appellant does not challenge the Board's denial of an earlier effective date for the award of benefits of bilateral instability of the knees,or the Board...
• CAVCCase 22-7345 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-11-03
  The examiner opined that the veteran's sleep apnea was not related to any type of [G]ulf [W]ar exposure event and that the condition was more likely caused by obesity....
• CAVCCase 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2007-02-01
  Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
• CAVCCase 93-388 — Affirmed / Vacated 1987-06-05
  The appellant, appeals from a January 28, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that since he had failed to submit new and material evide...
• CAVCCase 17-4733 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-08-17
  The appellant ,through counsel,appeals an August 17,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for the appellant's post-traumatic ...
• CAVCCase 24-7144 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2026-01-15
  He underwent an examination the following month;the VA examiner diagnosed moderate-to-severe triscaphe joint osteoarthritis,but she opined that the condition was less likely than n...
• CAVCCase 15-4758 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-08-24
  The Board also granted the appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus and assigned a disability rating of 10%and reopened and remanded his claim...
• CAVCCase 20-4336 — Affirmed 2020-05-19
  To the extent the Board denied a rating higher than 20%,the appellant does not raise any argument concerning that matter,and the Court will also dismiss the appeal as to that aband...
• CAVCCase 17-1531 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-03-28
  In addition, the Board denied entitlement to higher evaluations for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as well as entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards...
• CAVCCase 19-2640 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated 2021-04-16
  at 79,and he contended that when assigning the effective date VA had failed to consider and correctly apply 38 C....
• CAVCCase 10-0826 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2010-01-15
  clearly erred in concluding that VA satisfied its duty to assist the appellant....
• CAVCCase 22-1013 — Unknown 2021-12-20
  The examiner therefore opined that the veteran's bilateral hand pain was less likely than not related to his in- service complaints....
• CAVCCase 11-2889 — Affirmed 2011-08-05
  Specifically,the Board denied (1)the PTSD claim because there was no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD (R....
• CAVCCase 23-7340 — Granted / Denied In Part 2025-04-10
  The appellant sustained to his head and neck 2 Case:23-7340 Page: 3 of 21 Filed:04/10/2025 in August 1965 were not service connected because he did not enter active service until F...
• CAVCCase 21-4066 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-05-22
  In the May 2021 decision here on appeal, the Board denied the appellant....
• CAVCCase 06-488 — Vacated 2005-12-30
  HAGEL, Judge : the appellant appeals through counsel a December 30, 2005, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for post- traumat...
• CAVCCase 98-157 — Affirmed
  In August 1984, the VARO notified the appellant that new and material evidence was required to reopen his claim....
• CAVCCase 23-5480 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2024-12-30
  The Board also found that new and material evidence had not been received and therefore declined to reopen a previously denied claim for disability compensation for an acquired psy...
• CAVCCase 22-0960 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-11-24
  Later that month,VA simply found that no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen a previously denied head injury claim....
• CAVCCase 97-1971 — Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded 1997-07-07
  On May 29, 2001, the Federal Circuit reaffirmed that a breach of the duty to assist cannot amount to CUE and concluded that the appellant's contention that the RO's failure to adju...
• CAVCCase 09-4670 — Vacated / Remanded 2009-11-05
  The appellant ,appeals through counsel a November 5,2009,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found new and material evidence had been received to reopen a claim for enti...
• CAVCCase 21-8248 — Unknown 2021-12-01
  In a July 2017 rating decision,the RO declined to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder,claimed as nerves, depression,anxiety,and post-trauma...
• CAVCCase 22-7156 — Unknown 2022-08-19
  The appellant's depression was not related to service and the RO denied service connection for PTSD based on insufficient evidence of an in-service stressor....
• CAVCCase 20-5175 — Affirmed 2020-06-29
  The Board found that the July 2018 and October 2018 private and VA examiners, respectively,found that the appellant....
• CAVCCase 95-232 — Reversed 1996-10-01
  An August 1986 RO decision stated that "no new and material evidence [had been] submitted which would warrant reversal of prior denial....
• CAVCCase 14-0334 — Vacated / Remanded 2015-10-19
  On November 8,2013,the Board denied the appellant entitlement to service connection for (1)a psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and (2)a depressive disorder with mixed anxiety fe...
• CAVCCase 11-2903 — Affirmed 2011-09-02
  However,the Board found that the Veteran's account of sustaining a back injury while diving into an artillery pit to be credible....
• CAVCCase 20-4504 — Unknown 2020-03-05
  PIETSCH, Judge :The appellant,the appellant, through counsel,appeals a March 5, 2020,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied (1)a disability rating in ...