Depression decisions — 2022

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 20, 2020. The Board has granted TDIU.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and restored service connection for a depressive disorder, finding that the pre-existing depressive disorder was aggravated by an in-service assault.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence to verify an in-service stressor and for a VA examination to assess the Veteran's mental health status.

The Veteran's MDD with psychotic features and GAD were found to have started during his active service, leading to the grant of service connection.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and TDIU is remanded due to the need for additional medical records and information regarding his employment history.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's appeals for service connection on a secondary basis have been remanded due to insufficient rationale in previous VA opinions and new evidence of increased symptomatology.

The Veteran's appeals for an increased rating higher than 10 percent for service-connected left knee degenerative joint disease and an earlier effective date prior to January 6, 2015, for service connection for major depressive disorder have been dismissed due to the withdrawal of all pending appeals by the Veteran's representative.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran meets the criteria for PTSD and whether any diagnosed psychiatric disorder is related to his military service.

The Veteran's PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder have been rated at 50 percent, but the Veteran contends that he is entitled to a higher rating. The Board has determined that a new VA examination is needed to assess the current severity of his service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and erectile dysfunction, finding that further development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorder is related to service or secondary to her service-connected disabilities. The Veteran needs a VA examination and medical opinions on these issues.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, currently diagnosed as major depressive disorder, finding that his pre-existing condition was aggravated by military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including obtaining updated VA and private treatment records, as well as providing a VA examination to address his service-connected onychomycosis, left foot disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, and TMJ.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD including depression and GERD due to inconsistencies in VA treatment notes and examinations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection, increased ratings, and TDIU have been remanded due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of his contentions.

The Board has remanded the claim for further evidentiary development due to inadequate opinions in previous examinations. The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities are being reviewed again, including PTSD and major depressive disorder.

The Veteran's right and left foot disabilities, COPD, and MDD have been granted service connection. The hearing loss claim remains denied.,Service connection for the Veteran's right and left foot disabilities is established based on in-service injury and continuity of symptomatology.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and anxiety, due to military sexual trauma (MST), finding that there was no credible evidence linking his current mental health conditions to his time in service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities, including anxiety, depression, cervical spine disability, left shoulder disability, upper and lower back spasms, right knee disability, left knee disability, and left foot disability. The reasons include a lack of service treatment records from the relevant periods.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an error in not considering a January 2013 treatment record that mentioned depressive symptoms. The Veteran's depression is being reviewed again for possible service connection.