Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder and a TDIU from July 8, 2020.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a 30 percent evaluation for hypothyroidism to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder and denied service connection for left chronic venous hypertension and right chronic venous hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for right knee strain and an increased initial rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder (MDD) with anxiety.

The Board granted an effective date of December 18, 2010, for the award of service connection for PTSD with depressive disorder and granted a 100 percent rating from that date to November 11, 2014. Other claims were denied.

The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including obtaining legible copies of records and a medical opinion to clarify whether the Veteran's MDD symptoms can be differentiated from those due to COVID.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and PTSD, is service-connected due to military sexual trauma (MST) during his active service.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for insomnia, with major depressive disorder, mild, with anxious distress throughout the appeal from January 29, 2015.

The Board granted an effective date of August 31, 2017, for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, but dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date for a 40 percent evaluation assigned for lumbar strain prior to July 10, 2017.

The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's skin disability and further development is needed prior to adjudication of the Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran and finding that her condition is related to her service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and individual unemployability due to a need for further development of the evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression disorder, heart condition, anxiety disorder, right knee pain condition, left knee pain condition, and PTSD due to the Veteran failing to report for scheduled VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and persistent depressive disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on his service-connected disabilities, which meet the schedular criteria for TDIU and preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for major depressive disorder and PTSD, as new and relevant evidence was not sufficient to establish a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his active military service.

The appeal seeking service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, mild to moderate, was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for depression and anxiety as secondary to a lumbosacral strain and ankylosing spondylosis, finding no evidence of current disabilities.

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an April 10, 2024, rating decision.