Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for depressive disorder and left hip pain, but granted service connection for lumbar left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, depression, cervical cancer, a right knee condition, and a left knee condition due to missing service treatment records and personnel files.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder prior to July 28, 2022, but denied a higher rating since that date.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, finding that the evidence supports occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation, impaired impulse control, grossly inappropriate behavior, and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a disability manifested by fatigue, restless and achy legs, depression, anxiety, numbness in the arms, and headaches; a right knee condition; and a left knee condition due to missing records and an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to unverified periods of active duty and missing service treatment records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD and depression, and tension headaches due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve and an initial rating of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain, while denying service connection for right foot pain. Other claims were remanded.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the intermediate rate between the (m) and (n) rates based on his service-connected conditions.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection for depressive disorder, GERD, and hypertension from September 16, 2015.

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for various conditions and reduced his evaluation, as the appeals were not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, finding a relationship to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted an effective date of September 10, 2021, for the award of a 70 percent rating and TDIU due to service-connected depressive disorder with anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder of generalized anxiety disorder and depressive disorder, as secondary to the service-connected left ankle disability. Service connection was also granted for pseudofolliculitis barbae, and a 20 percent rating was assigned for left ankle achilles tendonitis from October 23, 2023.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including stress, anxiety, and depression, as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or persistent symptoms during the relevant appeal period.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and erectile dysfunction due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for left hip osteoarthritis and right hip osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's now service-connected knee disabilities, but denied service connection for a variety of other conditions including bilateral ankle, shoulder, foot, mood disorder, tinnitus, hyperlipidemia, and knees.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, PTSD, coronary artery disease, and hypertension was dismissed as it was not timely filed.

The Veteran is granted an effective date of June 2, 2009, for the grant of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder with somatic symptom disorder, and a 100 percent rating for these conditions.