Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder associated with sleep apnea, effective September 11, 2021, but dismissed the claim for service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease, to include as secondary to bilateral tinnitus, but denied service connection for other reactions to severe stress, major depression, to include as secondary to bilateral tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and denied service connection for anemia, high cholesterol, muscle aches, benign prostatic hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction, frostbite residuals, gonorrhea residuals, and hypertension.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection and an increased rating for psychiatric conditions.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disability, finding that his symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas rather than total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied service connection for persistent depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and bilateral hearing loss as the evidence of record did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for depression but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI) residuals, effective January 6, 2021.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and denied an effective date prior to December 2, 2016, for service connection for the same condition. The appeal for individual unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed as moot.

The Board denied service connection for depression or major depressive disorder (MDD) as it was not causally related to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board denied service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy, denied earlier effective dates for prostate cancer residuals and major depressive disorder, denied increased ratings for CKD, tinnitus, and hearing loss, denied a higher rating for depression, and denied an earlier effective date for prostate cancer residuals. The Board granted TDIU and an earlier effective date for chronic kidney disease.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, and sleep disorder as there is no current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder in accordance with the DSM-5.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for chronic sinusitis and denied an increased rating for depression.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a low back disability, but remanded claims for mental health disability, substance abuse, type two diabetes mellitus (DMII), hormonal imbalance, bilateral glaucoma, and left knee disability.

The Board granted an effective date of July 2, 1990, for the grant of service connection for an unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of December 7, 2015, for the award of service connection for painful surgical scar, left knee, and a 10 percent rating for cluster headaches. It denied earlier effective dates for other issues.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder, a TDIU prior to April 7, 2015, and basic eligibility for DEA due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and MDD with anxious distress, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for chronic cervicothoracic pain, chronic headaches, chronic sinusitis, deviated nasal septum, generalized anxiety disorder, and persistent depressive disorder. The claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, to obtain an addendum opinion regarding potential in-service sexual trauma and a fall from a moving vehicle resulting in a TBI.