Depression decisions — 2000

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for depression, anxiety, and chronic fatigue, as well as PTSD. The evidence does not show that the veteran manifests PTSD due to an in-service stressor.

The Board dismissed the veteran's motion for revision of a decision based on clear and unmistakable error due to insufficient information about which specific issue or issues were alleged to have been affected by CUE.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a well-grounded claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depression, and a left knee disorder are not well-grounded. The evidence does not establish a nexus between current psychiatric or knee problems and service.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric condition is related to his active service and granted his claim for service connection.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for financial assistance in acquiring an automobile or other conveyance or special adaptive equipment due to lack of loss of use, impairment of vision, or ankylosis.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, hiatal hernia, and depression associated with alcohol and drug abuse as they are not well-grounded.

The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for the service-connected schizophrenic disorder, residual type, with depression. The veteran's service-connected residuals of shrapnel wounds left knee are rated at 10 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for depression and a right knee disorder, as well as his claim for an increased rating for left knee injury with traumatic arthritis. The decision also noted that the issue of whether the right knee disorder is aggravated by the service-connected left knee disability has not been addressed.

The Board has determined that the veteran has chronic fatigue syndrome attributable to active military service and grants service connection for this condition. The claim of service connection for memory loss, lack of concentration, elevated temperature, and depression due to undiagnosed illness is not well grounded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disability (claimed as depression), increased rating for hemorrhoids, and increased rating for hepatitis have been denied. The veteran is currently rated at 10 percent for hepatitis from October 11, 1997 onwards.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for left foot disability and depression are not well-grounded, and thus denied.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection of a left hip disability is not well grounded. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for major depressive disorder prior to July 17, 1998 was denied and the claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for major depressive disorder with PTSD subsequent to July 17, 1998 is also denied.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including mixed neurosis, is not well grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent rating for PTSD and a higher disability evaluation for lumbosacral strain were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show PTSD symptoms warranting a 50% rating before January 1997.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an effective date prior to April 13, 1994 for the grant of service connection and a rating in excess of 30 percent for his conversion disorder with multiple somatic complaints and depression. The claim is legally insufficient as it lacks legal merit.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected PTSD with anxiety and depression continues to be totally disabling, warranting a restoration of a 100 percent rating.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar disc disease and major depression, finding that the current manifestations do not warrant a higher rating.

The Board found that the veteran's depression is not related to service, but his memory loss claim was not well-grounded.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran does not have a current psychiatric disorder that was incurred in or aggravated by his military service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.