Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, sleep apnea, and depression to include alcohol abuse and memory loss. The back condition, left knee joint pain, and right knee joint pain were remanded for further examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding no evidence of a current psychiatric disability during the appeal period. The claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of cerebellar ataxia affecting certain cranial nerves and facial nerve, but denied earlier effective dates for the lower extremities. The Board also granted a higher rating for depressive disorder starting September 15, 2021.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for Sjogren's disease but granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) from March 19, 2019.

The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to February 26, 2019, for the award of service connection for bipolar II disorder with major depression was dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include specified trauma related disorder, PTSD, and major depressive disorder.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for anxiety and depression, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder, finding that the evidence persuasively demonstrated that it began during military service and continued since then.

The Board dismissed all appeals related to service connection, increased ratings, and effective dates for various conditions due to procedural defects.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 8, 2021 for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, MDD, and polysubstance use disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including psychiatric disorders, sleep impairment disorder, hearing loss, tinnitus, back pain, left hip pain, and right knee pain, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and effective date, as the benefits sought have been granted.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for anxiety/depression, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral tinnitus was denied due to the untimely filing of the appeal request.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for cervical strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine, spondylolisthesis and cervical angina but denied service connection for several other conditions including back disability, radiculopathy, shin splints, major depressive disorder, left shoulder disability, seizure disorder, dysthymic disorder, and vision disability.

The Board denied higher disability ratings for the veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, back disability, and various radiculopathies but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from July 27, 2019.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for tinea pedis with onychomycosis and remanded issues related to a higher rating, special monthly compensation, and TDIU.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder, severe, recurrent, with unspecified anxiety disorder and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted the reinstatement of a 50 percent rating for depressive disorder with depressive features, and a 20 percent rating for right knee arthritis and left knee arthritis, while denying increased ratings for fibromyalgia, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, right foot tenosynovitis, and gastroparesis.