Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder and tinnitus, remanded claims for a right wrist disability, a right ankle disability, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, and an OSA rating.

The Board denied an increased rating for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, depressive reaction, and obstructive sleep apnea. The claims for hypokalemia, bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, diabetic vision loss, and paralysis of the external popliteal nerve were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and service connection for pulmonary fibrosis, GERD, and sinusitis.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia with major depressive disorder with anxious distress, as the evidence did not support a finding that the condition arose prior to July 30, 2021.

The appellant's discharge from active military service is a bar to the receipt of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits, and his claims for service connection for depression and PTSD are denied.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder as secondary to service-connected tinnitus and denied service connection for insomnia. The claims for a left and right foot disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder and major depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss and remanded claims for PTSD, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, memory loss, colon polyps, neck pain, lower back pain, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error, as no medical opinion was obtained regarding the Veteran's mental health conditions.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder from May 5, 2023, but denied an increased rating in excess of 50 percent prior to that date and a compensable rating for post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder, to obtain a more adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities, but granted a 70 percent rating for his psychiatric disability from November 10, 2021.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for chronic bronchitis, PTSD, major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder and traumatic brain injury/post-concussional syndrome, and GERD.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, and unspecified mood disorder due to incomplete or inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), and tinnitus due to a need for additional development of evidence.

The appeal for service connection for major depressive disorder was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for any acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and/or depressive disorder, due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety, adjustment disorder, depression, insomnia disorder, and PTSD, due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for major depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms more closely aligned with the criteria for a 30 percent rating.