Depression decisions — 2009

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and panic disorder, is related to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current major depression is at least as likely as not attributable to his military service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and depression, is being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's depression is related to his service and grants service connection for a psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD and depression are due to his service in Korea, specifically his exposure to combat-related stressors. The claim is granted.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic PTSD. The Veteran's appeal from the denial of service connection for depression is dismissed.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder including posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for major depression and PTSD, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating his current claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, was denied as the evidence did not establish a direct link to his military service.

The Board found no verified in-service stressors and thus denied service connection for PTSD. The Veteran's other psychiatric conditions are not shown to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder is being remanded for a VA examination to determine its etiology and whether it is related to his service-connected disabilities, specifically diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, cervical spine disability, thoracic spine disability, left ankle disability, bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, and gastritis. The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence did not support these claims.

The Board found no evidence of a current acquired psychiatric disorder that is related to service, and thus denied the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's depression is found to be related to his service-connected migraine headaches and temporomandibular joint syndrome, with the Board granting service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to a change in law allowing for the claim of service connection for depression to be addressed on its merits. The Veteran's claim is now pending and will be reviewed again after additional development, including obtaining his service personnel records and arranging for a VA examination.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for variously diagnosed psychiatric disorders and found that new evidence supports reopening the claim. The case is now remanded to determine if any of these conditions are related to his active service.

The Veteran's prostate cancer is not service connected.,Service connection has been granted for residuals, status post gastrectomy, and the Board will now consider whether depression and dumping syndrome are secondary to these residuals.,Secondary service connection for depression remains pending as it may be related to residuals of the gastrectomy.,Secondary service connection for dumping syndrome also remains pending as it may be related to residuals of the gastrectomy.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the relationship between his service-connected PTSD and other psychiatric conditions, as well as whether he is unemployable due to his PTSD.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD with Major Depression, finding that the Veteran did not meet eligibility criteria for this benefit as of April 11, 1980.