Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and remanded claims for service connection for atopic dermatitis, breast cancer, and depression as secondary to breast cancer.

The Board denied a disability rating higher than 50 percent for the Veteran's major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher level of impairment.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent disability rating for the service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, effective from December 3, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and erectile dysfunction due to lack of jurisdiction, denied an increased rating for depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder, and remanded additional claims for further development.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, panic disorder, or adjustment disorder, as a new examination and medical opinion is required.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder, to include a separate rating for functional neurological disorder, is remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's FND.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a back disability, and a right knee disability due to procedural errors in scheduling VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and remanded the claims for throat cancer, neck/cervical spine disorder, psychiatric disorder, left ear hearing loss, and right ear hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD) with generalized anxiety disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and MDD, based on the most probative evidence of record establishing a relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, cardiomyopathy, erectile dysfunction, and major depressive disorder as there was no credible evidence of in-service stressors or a causal relationship to service.

The Board dismissed all appeals seeking service connection for various conditions, as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to a scheduled hearing.

The Board remands the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress to correct a failure to satisfy a statutory duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for depression, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury to establish service connection.

The Board remands the issue of an earlier effective date for the increased rating of persistent depressive disorder to allow the AOJ to adjudicate the claim based on the evidence submitted.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder with insomnia and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for segmental dysfunction of thoracic region and lumbar region with lumbar spondylosis.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder is rated at 70 percent disabling, but a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability was denied.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, depressive disorder, and remanded the claim for adjustment disorder with depressed mood.