Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding that it manifested to a compensable degree within one year of separation from service. The appeal for depression was remanded for further development.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) solely due to service-connected persistent depressive disorder and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include a depressive disorder, as it is etiologically related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities and a psychiatric disability due to pre-decisional errors in the evaluation process.

The Board denied service connection for right hip pain, left hip pain, cervical strain, right ankle strain, and pseudofolliculitis barbae. The 70 percent rating for depressive disorder was also denied.

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

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD and MDD, as well as eligibility for DEA benefits.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, a compensable disability rating for erectile dysfunction, and remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's acquired mental health condition and also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, while denying a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure proper development and consideration of all relevant evidence.

The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis on a presumptive basis pursuant to the PACT Act, and for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma (MST), with an effective date of October 14, 2016.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a new medical opinion that adequately addresses the Veteran's diagnoses and their etiology, including whether any diagnosed conditions are related to service.

The Board dismissed the issues of service connection for various conditions and special monthly compensation based on a parent's need for aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound, as there was no new and relevant evidence to support these claims.

The Board granted an effective date of July 2, 2020, for the grant of service connection for PTSD and related conditions, as well as earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, and a neurological disorder due to lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for a 70 percent rating for the acquired mental disorder and dismissed appeals for higher ratings and earlier effective dates related to lumbar radiculopathy and DEA eligibility.

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder (MDD) with alcohol use disorder and cannabis use disorder, but denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C and supraventricular arrhythmia, but remanded the claim for a cognitive disorder due to outstanding records.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service experiences of mistreatment and a bank robbery.