Depression decisions — 2017

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety. Additional development is needed including obtaining VA medical records and a mental health professional opinion.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating in March 2009 was granted, leading to a TDIU effective from March 24, 2009. The Board found that the evidence supported his unemployability due to PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression, warranted a 50 percent rating from August 13, 2007 through July 22, 2012.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient development and need for additional medical opinions.

The Board found that the Veteran was not unemployable due to her service-connected disabilities prior to February 21, 2006. The Acting Director of Compensation Services determined that the service-connected conditions did not preclude employment.

The Veteran's TDIU claim from March 14, 2007 to February 11, 2016 is being remanded for additional development including a VA examination and consideration of the effects of his service-connected disabilities on his employability.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death. The remaining issues were not addressed as the appellant has withdrawn them.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorders. The examiner must address whether any current psychiatric disorders are related to the Veteran's hardship discharge from active duty.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude his substantially gainful employment through May 23, 2016.

The Board has granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD with MDD, effective August 13, 2010.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, and the Board finds that new and material evidence has been received to support his claims of secondary service connection for diabetic retinopathy, hypertension, nephropathy, and depression. The Veteran is also found to be unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that it is not related to any of his service-connected disabilities and thus cannot be granted on a secondary basis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, delusional disorder, depression, and PTSD. The decision found that a current diagnosis of PTSD was not based on verified stressor in service, and that other diagnoses were not related to his service.

The Veteran is granted a 70 percent rating for his service-connected major depressive disorder from April 30, 2002 onwards. He also received a temporary total rating due to hospitalization.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to incomplete medical opinions regarding his acquired psychiatric disorders, other than PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD contributed to his cause of death, metastasized colon cancer. The Board grants service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically depressive disorder with mild dementia, is currently rated at 70 percent and the Board finds that it does not warrant a higher rating. The evidence shows moderate symptoms but no more than slight impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning.

The Board found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder, including depression and cannabis dependence, did not begin in service or be caused by a service-connected disability.