Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, as there was no current diagnosis of a psychiatric disability during the pendency of the claim.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and records.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the 100 percent rating and a higher disability rating for unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and assigned an initial rating of 10 percent for hypertension.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for depression to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder and physical ailments, as no proper disagreement was filed prior to the December 2023 VA Form 10182.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including anxiety, depression, back pain, erectile dysfunction, and others, as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or symptoms reasonably associated with the disorders claimed.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches but denied an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder (psychiatric disability) and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded several other claims, including those for essential tremors (parkinsonism), psychiatric disability, hypothyroidism, hearing loss, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary/ respiratory disability, blood clots, and aortic aneurysm.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for migraines and a 70 percent rating for depressive disorder, based on the severity of the Veteran's symptoms.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and denied service connection for various other conditions, including allergies/rhinitis, right hip joint pain inflammation - range of motion condition, left lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity radiates / chronic foot peripheral neuropathy, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, migraine / tension headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, sleep apnea, and right foot inversion. The Board remanded several claims for further development.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, depression, and a left knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for further development due to missing records and an improperly weighed private medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hallux valgus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for depressive disorder, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not warrant a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's major depressive disorder with anxious distress is caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) from May 13, 2022 to May 2, 2023 due to his service-connected disabilities.

Eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2023 rating decision is granted.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and an initial increased rating for a right ankle condition due to inadequate VA examinations.