Depression decisions — 2024

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including Major Depressive Disorder with anxious distress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to military sexual trauma (MST), finding that the Veteran's PTSD is related to a reported in-service assault.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, has been rated at 50 percent for the period on appeal. The rating is based on symptoms such as depression, anxiety, difficulty maintaining and establishing effective work and social relationships, anger, difficulty sleeping, nightmares, and a tendency to isolate.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in obtaining relevant medical records and verifying service stressors. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, will be reconsidered with additional evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to errors in verifying two claimed stressors during service. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is now pending and will be reconsidered with the correct information.

The Veteran's claims for compensable initial ratings for left and right foot hammer toes, as well as service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and major depressive disorder), were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of current disability related to these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea has been denied.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for depression, to include social anxiety, have been denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus has been denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for left achilles tendonitis and peripheral neuropathy of the left leg is granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee joint osteoarthritis is granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for asthma is granted.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection of a left shoulder disability.,Service connection is granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression. The Veteran's in-service stressors are linked to his current symptoms.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically depressive and anxiety disorders, did not meet the criteria for a higher rating than 30 percent due to his symptoms being consistent with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure to provide a medical examination regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically PTSD. The VA is required to schedule an examination for this purpose.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the service connection for PTSD and Depression. The Veteran's claims will be reviewed again with additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's PTSD, anxiety, and depression are rated at 70 percent effective August 2, 2017. He is also granted TDIU and SMC Housebound from that date.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for depressive disorder and for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support an increased rating or TDIU due to her service-connected depressive disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for Depressive Disorder and PTSD, finding that the Veteran experienced in-service stressors related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity and that his current symptoms are causally related to these events.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and consideration of his TBI claim.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for unspecified depressive disorder with insomnia and alopecia areata was denied. The Board found that the severity, frequency, and duration of her symptoms more closely approximated a 50 percent disability rating.

The Board has restored service connection for major depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, amphetamine disorder in early remission, and opioid use disorder due to the grant of service connection being clearly erroneous.

The Board has remanded the claims for right ear hearing loss, psychiatric disability (depressive disorder and anxiety disorder), recurrent hemorrhoids, and gallbladder disability to include cholecystectomy residuals due to a pre-decisional error in verifying the Veteran's periods of active duty with the Florida Army National Guard.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as early as December 12, 2018. The Board has granted TDIU from March 7, 2019.

The Veteran's claim for specially adapted housing has been granted.,Effective dates have been established for SMC based on housebound criteria, loss of use of a creative organ, service connection for BPPV, asthma, chronic sinusitis, TMJ syndrome with bruxism, and migraine including migraine variants.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted service connection for tinnitus. The issues of service connection for depression, anxiety, and insomnia are remanded.