Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder from February 20, 2013 to May 18, 2017.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and residuals of a traumatic brain injury to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding obtaining relevant Social Security Administration (SSA) records.

The appeal to revise or reverse the effective date for service connection of major depressive disorder was dismissed as moot after an earlier effective date was granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for major depression, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the January 1967 rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a need to obtain additional records and clarify the Veteran's Reserve service dates.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the May 2024 rating decision on appeal.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including alopecia, bilateral bunions, wrist and hip disabilities, knee and lower extremity disabilities, depression, back disability, cyst removal of the right hand, plantar fasciitis, and a heart murmur with palpitations, as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression and sleep apnea to provide the Veteran with VA examinations to determine the etiology of these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not show that she was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to her service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder associated with military sexual trauma, finding that the disability originated during active service.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection claims related to bilateral hearing loss, depression, fibromyalgia, headaches, and joint pain of the jaw.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for mixed anxiety and depressive disorder prior to January 24, 2025, and a 100 percent disability rating from January 24, 2025, onward.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to April 29, 2021.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the service-connected PTSD, effective from March 19, 2018.

The Board granted an effective date of August 7, 2021, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and generalized anxiety disorder, as a VA examination is needed to determine if there is a link between the Veteran's service and his current mental health conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, was granted a 100 percent rating due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied an increased rating for major depressive disorder and a TDIU, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not warrant a higher disability rating or render him unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities alone.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, with panic disorder and service connection for cataract, left eye. The hypertension claim was remanded.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, claimed as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, for further development and an adequate medical opinion.