Depression decisions — 2005

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claims of cold weather injuries and depressive disorder being related to his active service, thus denying both claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a left leg disability, blood condition, impotence, psychiatric disorder (claimed as nervousness and depression), right arm disability, arthritis, and memory loss, all secondary to exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a low back disorder and remanded the secondary service connection for depression issue due to new evidence submitted by the veteran.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and the need for further development, including obtaining post-service treatment records from the U.S. Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The issues of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and hypertension were not decided as the case is now moot.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a total schedular rating for his service-connected PTSD, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the previously denied claims.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for major depression and neurosis, finding that new and material evidence was not presented to reopen the claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disability did not have its onset during active service and is not related to any disease or injury in service. As such, the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychological disorder did not result from treatment with LSD-25 by VA in 1967, and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a nexus between the 1972 back injury and any psychiatric disorders.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence showing a nexus between any current psychiatric disability and active duty service.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder that had its origins during service or for many years thereafter.

The Board found that the veteran's major depression was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is not related to any demonstrated incident of active service nor to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied service connection for a major depressive disorder secondary to the service-connected right knee injury and denied entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a left thumb injury.

The veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is dismissed because he has already been granted a combined 100% disability evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is rated at 30 percent from September 27, 1995 to January 9, 1997 and at 70 percent since January 10, 1997.,PTSD disability was granted effective August 1, 2004.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient evidence and due process issues, including a need for clinical data from the period after service.

The veteran was granted increased ratings for migraine and major depression, as well as retroactive effective dates for service connection and TDIU.

The Board has determined that additional development is required to verify the veteran's claimed in-service stressors and to determine if his current PTSD and major depression are related to service.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and a psychiatric disability. The low back disability was also denied as not incurred in service.