Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the service-connected tinnitus and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a separate anxiety or depression disorder, and other conditions including a right inguinal hernia, sinus condition, gastrointestinal condition, and insomnia.

The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for the Veteran's chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, but remanded claims for service connection for neck disorder with neurologic complications to include occipital neuralgia.

The appeal for a higher disability rating was denied, but TDIU based on the single service-connected disability of depression; adjustment disorder; with alcohol induced mood disorder; neurosis; and unspecified anxiety disorder was granted.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include anxiety and depression. The claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction and sleep apnea were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors and the need for a medical examination that addresses all theories of entitlement.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various conditions as they were duplicative of other appeals.

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

The Board granted secondary service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it was caused by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral flat foot with plantar fasciitis and hallux valgus and associated depressive disorder.

The appeal for a compensable evaluation for erectile dysfunction was dismissed, and the Veteran's Parkinson's disease with cognitive impairment, depression, and sleep disturbances is rated at 30 percent. Various other claims were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, a right shoulder disability, and depression and panic disorder. The decision also remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability due to a pre-decisional error in not obtaining an addendum VA medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, which is secondary to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and depressive disorder on a direct basis, finding the evidence to be at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including Graves' disease, hysterectomy, hypothyroidism, loss of smell, bilateral hearing loss, anxiety and depression, and vision condition.

The Board granted service connection for psychiatric disabilities as secondary to chronic shoulder pain, IBS, and leg pain.

The appeal for service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress is dismissed as moot because the Veteran was granted service connection for PTSD, which reasonably encompasses her major depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits, both effective from January 19, 2012.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD to include major depressive disorder and insomnia disorder, as well as the appeal for TDIU, were dismissed due to previous determinations. The claim for a compensable evaluation for hearing loss was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a lack of evidence showing an in-service injury or disease related to his period of ACDUTRA.

The Board denied service connection for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 for a low back disability and major depression, as there is no evidence that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during the appellant's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) based on a private medical opinion and the Veteran's reported experiences during service.