Depression decisions — 2023

The Board has found the prior remand directives not substantially complied with and has ordered a new examination to address whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is caused or aggravated by his service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorder, finding that the evidence did not show a link to service.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, major depressive disorder, and right hip disability. The Veteran's claims were not supported by medical evidence linking the conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's initial claim for major depressive disorder was granted, and he is now receiving a 70% disability rating. The Board has also remanded his claims for foot disability (gout), low back disability, and bilateral hip disabilities.,Further development is needed to determine the current status of these conditions and their relationship to service-connected knee disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and major depressive disorder as secondary to the service-connected obstructive sleep apnea. The decision is based on evidence showing that both conditions began during active service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him in need of regular aid and attendance or substantially confined to his dwelling due to service-connected conditions, resulting in a denial of SMC based on aid and attendance and housebound status.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an earlier effective date were denied. Service connection for Depression was granted, but the effective date remains pending.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with co-morbid unspecified depressive disorder prevented her from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment, leading to a TDIU effective December 8, 2015.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder, major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder is denied. The effective date for the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease remains March 14, 2018.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received, warranting readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for COPD, a digestive disorder, a back disability (claimed as stomach condition), an acquired psychiatric disorder, and bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and procedural errors. The claims will be reconsidered with new examinations.

The Veteran's PTSD with MDD is now rated at 70 percent effective from May 29, 2015.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including social anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, nightmare disorder, and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder. The Veteran's symptoms were present in service and have continued since then.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for clarification on each diagnosed psychiatric disorder and a determination of whether any are related to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder is related to his active duty service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as a depressive disorder, was granted with an effective date of April 6, 2005. The original denial in 2006 is considered final due to the lack of timely appeal and new evidence within one year.

The Board has granted an initial 50 percent rating for the Veteran's PTSD, finding that his symptoms meet the criteria for this rating. The appeal is not about service connection and thus does not address exposure basis or whether the claim is based on a presumption of service connection.

Your claim for service connection for PTSD has been granted, but the appeal is dismissed because your earlier effective date request was already addressed in a December 2019 rating decision.

The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding various conditions and ratings, as the Veteran requested to withdraw all claims.