Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, a residual scar on the left ankle, and chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease, as well as secondary conditions including sciatica and major depressive disorder. The decision also denied service connection for left and right hip arthritis.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, heart disease, hypertension, depression, and reactive airway disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, chronic cervical spine pain, chronic thoracic spine pain, and traumatic brain injury.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience, granting a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied service connection for high cholesterol, depression, and high blood pressure. However, it granted a higher rating of 60 percent for the veteran's right knee residuals, status post total knee replacement, effective from June 14, 2022.

The appeal for service connection for stimulant use disorder (claimed as depression) is dismissed because it is subsumed by the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability was denied a rating in excess of 30 percent, but TDIU was granted due to her combined service-connected disabilities precluding employment.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, due to insufficient evidence regarding a claimed in-service stressor.

The Board granted an effective date of August 25, 2020 for service connection for other specified depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The veteran withdrew the appeal in its entirety, and all claims were dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder to obtain a direct nexus opinion regarding whether the Veteran's disability is related to her service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an initial compensable rating for various conditions, including right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, left ankle condition, back pain, depression, anxiety, and bilateral hearing loss.

The appeal for initial ratings was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his request.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol abuse disorder, finding a causal link to in-service military sexual trauma.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded claims for other disabilities due to a pre-decisional error in the duty to assist.

The Board denied service connection for depression, pelvic pain, uterine fibroids, and Tietze syndrome. The initial compensable rating claims for iron deficiency anemia and thyroid enlargement were also denied.

The Board denied service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety, finding it less likely than not that the condition began in or was caused by active service.

The Board denied a compensable rating for right hip trochanteric pain syndrome and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, currently claimed as depression and anxiety.