Depression decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions, including heart condition, skin condition, diabetes mellitus, bilateral hearing loss, and depression. The Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents is unclear, and further development is needed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, is related to his military service. The claim for service connection is granted.

Service connection has been granted for a cervical spine degenerative joint disease with radiculopathy, a mood disorder, and depressive disorder. Service connection remains denied for a left knee injury.,The Veteran's current diagnoses of cervical spine degenerative joint disease with radiculopathy, mood disorder, and depressive disorder are all considered to be related to his service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for higher ratings for depression before the Board could make a decision.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorder NOS, depressive disorder NOS, alcohol abuse, and PTSD are granted. The service connection for degenerative joint disease of lumbar spine is remanded.

The Board has recharacterized the Veteran's claim as service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. The case is remanded due to conflicting medical opinions and inconsistent statements by the Veteran regarding his in-service experiences.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder has been reopened and granted. The effective date is prior to November 9, 2006.

The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and depression due to insufficient verification of the Veteran's claimed stressors. The claims will be reconsidered after multiple requests are made to verify these stressors.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for right knee arthritis, PTSD, and depression were denied as new and material evidence was not received to support the claims.

The Veteran's right ankle condition is not caused or aggravated by her service-connected right knee disability.,Obstructive sleep apnea was not incurred in or aggravated by the Veteran’s active duty military service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and other diagnosed conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding his Eustachian tube dysfunction. The initial rating claim for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress remains denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and a heart disorder are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, finding that there is no indication in the record of any in-service event causing such a condition or suggesting a relationship to his honorable period of service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right knee disability, a back disability, and depression due to lack of verification of her claimed in-service injuries and incomplete medical records.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and depression, is granted as service-connected.,Service connection for residuals of a left pelvis fracture is denied.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depressive disorder, has been rated at 100% since February 11, 2013. The effective date for this rating is set to that date.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for depression was denied as his symptoms are part of his PTSD.,His initial disability rating for ischemic heart disease was also denied, as the evidence did not show a workload greater than 5 METs resulting in dyspnea or fatigue.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to the need for additional development and examination, as well as consideration of new evidence.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorder other than PTSD (unspecified depressive disorder) and his erectile dysfunction are granted as secondary to service-connected conditions. His lumbar degenerative disc disease with spondylosis is also granted.