Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD and remanded the claims for service connection for major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, unspecified.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for depression and insomnia as it was fully granted upon initial rating decision.

The Veteran's PTSD, major depressive disorder with opioid use and alcohol use was granted a rating of 100 percent effective August 14, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for eligibility for agent fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a December 2022 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as GAD and major depression, finding a causal relationship to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence supports a link between the Veteran's condition and his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a back condition, bilateral neuropathy, knee condition, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, asthma, hypertension, fatigue condition and an acquired psychological disorder, to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for anxiety, depression, and periodontal disease based on new evidence. Tinnitus was also granted service connection. However, right ear hearing loss and a compensable evaluation for left ear hearing loss were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right ankle disability, right wrist disability, and psychiatric disability to afford the Veteran VA examinations.

The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for major depressive disorder with anxiety from April 1, 2020.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and tinnitus from February 10, 2021, but no earlier.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression and PTSD due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date for major depressive disorder and remanded claims for service connection of bone spurs and sciatica due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent, but no higher, for Major Depressive Disorder with anxious distress from September 21, 2018, to prior to May 22, 2020.

The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, right lower extremity varicose veins, left lower extremity varicose veins, and did not grant a rating higher than 20 percent for a right ankle fracture with osteoarthritis or any of the other remanded claims.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disabilities (major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe, without psychotic features with PTSD) preclude him from the ability to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education, skills, training, and work history.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a conclusion that his service-connected conditions rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder to correct a duty to assist error, as the AOJ did not obtain a VA examination or opinions regarding whether these disorders are related to active service or caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral shin splints, rhinitis, a respiratory disorder claimed as shortness of breath, and a sleep disorder claimed as sleep disturbances and stress to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.