BVA Decisions on PTSD

129 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 96-1214 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded February 11, 1999
  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 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 1, 1996
  In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
• CAVCCase 94-661 — Denied / Reversed / Vacated March 7, 1997
  In order to conduct meaningful research, the veteran must provide the "who, what, where[,] and when" of each stressor....
• CAVCCase 95-984 — Dismissed June 14, 2001
  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 97-1192 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Vacated Sep 6, 2000
  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 96-179 — Affirmed February 3, 1998
  Laruan, 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 his cl...
• BVACase 08-3983 — Denied / Affirmed
  DVA informed Akers that her claim could only be reopened if she submitted new and material evidence....
• BVACase 08-2236 — Unknown
  Richard Hime 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”) had...
• BVACase 08-0089 — Vacated
  Bond 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 such by the...
• CAVCCase 93-388 — Affirmed / Vacated December 13, 1994
  Duran, 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 evidence rega...
• CAVCCase 97-1971 — Granted / Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded June 3, 2003
  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 95-232 — Reversed October 1, 1996
  An August 1986 RO decision stated that "no new and material evidence [had been] submitted which would warrant reversal of prior denial....
• CAVCCase 92-144 — Granted / Affirmed October 7, 1993
  MANKIN, Judge: Joe Elkins appeals the October 16, 1991, Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) decision which determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to...
• BVACase 14-2811 — Denied
  Kisor’s case, the Board concluded that two ser- vice department records, which were received in 2006 and 2007, were not “relevant” under the regulation because they did not pertain...
• BVACase 23029996 — Dismissed / Denied / Granted / Remanded May 23, 2023
  The additional documentation submitted since the September 2009 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of ser...
• CAVCCase 91-1682 — Vacated / Denied March 12, 1993
  Because the Court concludes that the BVA failed to fulfill its statutory duty to assist appellant in developing his claim for service connection for PTSD pursuant to 38 U....
• CAVCCase 99-132 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded / Dismissed August 16, 2000
  In May 1970, a VA regional office (VARO) determined that the appellant's schizophrenia was not related to his military service....
• CAVCCase 94-764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated April 29, 1997
  In a December 1987 decision, the Board denied the § 351 DIC claim, finding that the "veteran's death was irrespective of the treatment provided and any factor arising from the trea...
• CAVCCase 95-310 — Remanded / Denied / Vacated November 10, 1998
  sychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); the Board also concluded that new and material evidence had not been presented or secured to reopen his previo...
• CAVCCase 03-1828 — Vacated November 2, 2005
  The matter was returned to the Board in June 2002, and again the Board denied Mr....
• CAVCCase 97-828 — Granted / Denied / Vacated March 30, 1999
  In the 1997 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied the PTSD claim because it was "based on noncombat-related unverified stressors", and because corroboration of an in-servic...
• CAVCCase 96-1637 — Vacated / Denied / Dismissed / Granted Sep 15, 2000
  In addition, the Board noted that in order for the appellant to qualify for DIC the veteran must have been in receipt of a 100% rating for 5 10 years prior to his death and that, i...
• CAVCCase 94-169 — Vacated / Remanded August 9, 1995
  The Board concluded that there was no evidence that the appellant experienced hearing loss during service....
• CAVCCase 01-1917 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated / Granted March 3, 2006
  § 7261(b)(2), lead to the following conclusions: (1) In Dingess, the Board erred in not providing adequate notice on how to substantiate a TDIU claim, and, applying the rule of pre...
• BVACase 20-3886 — Unknown
  Be- cause we find no legal error in the Veterans Court’s interpretation of its standard of review and the benefit of the doubt rule, we affirm....
• BVACase 23007415 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 6, 2023
  18-30 679 DATE: February 6, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is reopened, and to that extent o...
• CAVCCase 96-1695 — Denied / Affirmed October 30, 1998
  The RO declined to reopen the claim, finding that new and material evidence had not been introduced and that PTSD was not noted in the record....
• BVACase 23012576 — Denied / Granted / Remanded March 1, 2023
  New and material evidence has not been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic migraine headaches, and the claim to reopen is denied....
• CAVCCase 03-1208 — Granted / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed January 25, 2006
  Forcier's appeal from a June 13, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder....
• CAVCCase 97-2180 — Denied / Affirmed February 17, 1999
  FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from an October 1, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which, inter alia, (1) found that new and material evidence had ...
• BVACase 19-3106 — Unknown
  2001), to determine that the “benefit of the doubt rule” under 38 U....
• CAVCCase 90-1306 — Affirmed / Granted / Denied April 28, 1993
  chronic psychiatric disorder, panic disorder, was first manifested many years after service and is not related to service....
• BVACase 20-4075 — Unknown
  Be- cause the Veterans Court properly interpreted the new and material evidence rule in 38 C....
• BVACase 23063112 — Dismissed / Granted / Remanded November 29, 2023
  New and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection of a respiratory condition, to include allergic rhinitis and sinus...
• CAVCCase 02-1012 — Remanded / Vacated September 3, 2004
  Army Environmental Support Group (ESG) informed the RO that both Chu Lai and Landing Zone English were attacked in 1967, but that, in order for the ESG to provide further research ...
• BVACase 00-1574 — Unknown
  It declined, however, to assign an effective date of September 10, 1992, because the Board concluded that Voracek did not submit a timely NOD following the March 1993 Decision: Alt...
• CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992
  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
• CAVCCase 01-944 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated January 13, 2004
  STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, through counsel, seeks review of an April 30, 2001, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that found that an April 1994 Department of ...
• BVACase 23038858 — Granted / Denied / Remanded July 13, 2023
  19-09 657 DATE: July 13, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for adjustment disorder is reopened and to this extent only, the...
• BVACase 25002467 — Denied February 20, 2025
  Thus, the Board finds that VA has satisfied the duty to assist....
• DecisionCase 25014217 — Granted / Vacated November 20, 2025
  The effective date of an award based upon receipt of new and material evidence after a final disallowance will be the date of receipt of the new claim or the date entitlement arose...
• DecisionCase 23030797 — Granted / Remanded May 25, 2023
  19-12304A DATE: May 25, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence has been received to reopen a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for hypothyroidism....
• CAVCCase 99-1390 — Affirmed August 20, 2002
  In the BVA decision presently on appeal, the Board found that because a September 1988 RO decision had denied service connection for PTSD (R....
• BVACase 200901-107174 — Granted / Denied / Remanded March 26, 2024
  The Veteran was notified of the denial in an October 2016 letter and did not initiate an appeal or submit new and material evidence within one year....
• BVACase 24005610 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 2, 2024
  20-09 093 DATE: February 2, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claims of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a lumbar spine di...
• BVACase 210331-149581 — Granted / Remanded / Vacated March 14, 2023
  Service connection may be granted directly as a result of disease or injury incurred in service based on nexus using a three-element test: (1) the existence of a present disability...
• CAVCCase 04-1406 — Affirmed August 16, 2006
  The Board concluded that although the appellant-attorney was eligible for direct payment of 20% of the past-due benefits awarded to the veteran, because the appellant-attorney was ...
• BVACase 19-5212 — Affirmed
  The Board reached that conclu- sion because, although it recognized that a veteran is entitled to the benefit of the doubt “where the evidence is in approximate balance,” it found ...
• CAVCCase 94-0206 — Reversed / Dismissed / Vacated / Remanded October 10, 1995
  A November 1992 BVA decision determined that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the hearing-loss claim, citing the new medical evidence and a change in 38 C....
• BVACase 230316-331429 — Denied July 17, 2025
  The May 2000 notification that her pension claim was granted also noted that the Veteran's death was not related to a service-connected disease or injury....
• CAVCCase 91-1535 — Reversed
  held that: (1) claims were properly reopened; (2) remand was required for assignment of disability rating for reopened nervous disorder claim; and (3) Board's finding that five-yea...
• BVACase 190916-30775 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 1, 2024
  The rating of ten percent for right index finger scarring from July 31, 2006, to July 26, 2016, was not clearly erroneous, has already been restored, and since July 26, 2016, the r...
• CAVCCase 98-572 — Affirmed / Granted December 19, 2002
  The following month, the RO informed the appellant by letter that new and material evidence was required to reopen his claim that was denied by the RO on February 24, 1981....
• CAVCCase 94-883 — Unknown September 12, 1996
  In the June 29, 1994, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board found that the claim was well grounded but denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD....
• CAVCCase 93-228 — Vacated / Remanded March 8, 1994
  Additionally, "the Board failed to consider and discuss lay evidence of appellant's apparent personality change pre- and post-service," and "fail[ed] to provide reasons or bases fo...
• DecisionCase 25009942 — Granted / Denied July 31, 2025
  At which time, the Board found additional information and evidence had been submitted by the Veteran, which raised additional theories of entitlement to service connection that wer...
• CAVCCase 05-2475 — Vacated / Remanded November 22, 2006
  In its August 26, 2005, decision, the Board denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD....
• CAVCCase 03-1276 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed August 5, 2005
  A December 30, 2002, Board decision denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death; the Board found that "[n]o service-connected disabilit...
• BVACase 190610-20914 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 8, 2024
  An April 2010 rating decision denied service connection for a lower back condition on the basis that there was no evidence of a nexus to service for the Veteran's back condition....
• CAVCCase 97-1831 — Vacated / Remanded / Dismissed February 8, 1999
  tion secondary to exposure to Agent Orange was not well grounded (claim 2); and (3) determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a disallowed claim fo...
• CAVCCase 95-638 — Affirmed April 7, 1999
  Smith, appeals an April 14, 1995, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen a claim ...
• CAVCCase 94-342 — Vacated August 30, 1995
  In the January 1994 BVA decision, the Board decided that "the preponderance of the evidence [was] against [the appellant's] appeal for an increased rating for [PTSD]....
• BVACase 23031314 — Dismissed / Granted / Denied / Remanded May 30, 2023
  The additional documentation submitted since the August 2009 and October 2012 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran'...
• BVACase 221114-297761 — Denied / Remanded March 13, 2025
  The question for the Board is whether the Veteran has a current disability that began during service or is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or dise...
• CAVCCase 95-395 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 9, 1997
  Suozzi, appeals a January 7, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen his claim for service c...
• BVACase 24016558 — Granted / Denied / Remanded April 17, 2024
  A grant for service connection for a disability requires: (1) a present disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability; (2) an in-service incurrence or aggravation ...
• CAVCCase 91-1948 — Vacated / Denied August 6, 1993
  Because the Board failed to provide adequate reasons or bases for its denial of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and for its conclusion that the veteran was ...
• CAVCCase 00-2083 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded May 24, 2002
  In January 1998, the RO declined to reopen the veteran's claim because new and material evidence had not been submitted....
• CAVCCase 03-1204 — Vacated / Remanded July 20, 2006
  Bradford's appeal from a May 9, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to...
• BVACase 220930-281637 — Denied / Remanded November 18, 2024
  Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
• BVACase 85-279 — Reversed
  Initially, the RO treated Boggs’ 2002 claim as an attempt to reopen his 1955 claim and notified him that new and material evidence would be required to reopen his claim....
• BVACase 23045875 — Dismissed / Denied / Granted / Remanded August 17, 2023
  New and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for left shoulder impingement syndrome has not been presented....
• CAVCCase 98-1849 — Affirmed / Reversed June 29, 2004
  In the September 1998 Board decision here on appeal, the Board concluded that, on the basis of the law and evidence in existence at the time, both the July 1983 and January 1985 RO...
• CAVCCase 10-2393 — Denied / Vacated
  The Board determined that AZ’s service records “do not show any complaints, treatment or diagnosis for any psychiatric disorder or any reports of injuries from a personal assault d...
• CAVCCase 92-976 — Denied / Vacated / Remanded December 20, 1993
  Duty to Assist/Reasons or Bases Requirements Section 5107(a) of title 38 of the United States Code provides that "a person who submits a claim for benefits under a law administered...
• BVACase 22059105 — Granted / Denied October 20, 2022
  New and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for Bell's Palsy on the left side of face, and the appeal is denied....
• CAVCCase 03-2196 — Granted / Denied / Vacated / Remanded July 12, 2006
  In the decision on appeal, the Board denied an effective date earlier than April 15, 1992....
• CAVCCase 91-386 — Vacated / Remanded December 2, 1993
  In a decision dated October 24, 1990, the Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, stating that symptoms characteristic of PTSD were not noted in the c...
• CAVCCase 96-704 — Affirmed / Vacated August 11, 1998
  Anglin appeals a May 24, 1996, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision finding that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen claims for service connection for post-trauma...
• CAVCCase 92-1130 — Reversed / Affirmed November 7, 1995
  In the 1992 decision that is now before us on appeal, the BVA determined that no "new and material" evidence had been submitted to warrant reopening the claim, and that its previou...