Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of September 10, 2023, for the award of a 70 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for depression and anxiety to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's treatment for alopecia areata in service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and epilepsy/seizure disorder due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted a 70 percent initial rating for persistent depressive disorder and remanded the claim for service connection for right knee pain.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct pre-decisional errors and obtain a new medical opinion.

The appeal for CUE in the April 2005 rating decision was dismissed, and the TDIU claim prior to August 31, 2020, was denied.

The Board is remanding the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition due to insufficient evidence and a need for a medical examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an anxiety condition and depression/insomnia due to a lack of evidence showing current diagnoses of these conditions.

The Board granted an effective date of July 20, 2020 for the 70 percent disability rating for persistent depressive disorder but denied a higher rating and earlier effective dates for both conditions.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with persistent depressive disorder and anxiety, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder symptoms warrant a 50 percent disability rating, but no higher, from May 18, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, as secondary to a service-connected disability for further development.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress from July 7, 2021, through August 27, 2022, but denied ratings in excess of 50 percent and 70 percent thereafter.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as depression, due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 10, 2021, for a 100 percent rating for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and special monthly compensation based on housebound status.

The Board remands the claim to obtain records from the Gessler clinic and any other facility the Veteran identifies that he received treatment for his service-connected major depressive disorder (MDD).

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder (MDD), recurrent, with unspecified anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder from February 27, 2023, but denied a higher rating. The service connection for mixed anxiety disorder was dismissed.

The Board denied an effective date prior to January 2, 2019 for the award of service connection for major neurocognitive disorder and unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to a service-connected cerebral infarction.