Depression decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, depression, anxiety, and insomnia to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The appeal was granted for an earlier effective date of June 9, 2021, for the award of TDIU and DEA based on permanent and total disability status.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety with sleep disturbance, and depression, as well as entitlement to a TDIU, due to new evidence that was not previously considered.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD as the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied a compensable rating for ventral hernia and remanded claims for service connection for depression, increased rating for panulcerative colitis with resection of large intestines, and a compensable rating for abdominal scars.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder with anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance and supports a nexus between the Veteran's current disability and his active-duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder, but remanded claims for ratings in excess of 10 percent for right and left hip degenerative changes, initial compensable ratings for thigh limitations, and TDIU.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder effective April 27, 2020, but denied a higher rating before March 17, 2023.

The Board remands the claim for an additional medical examination and opinion to determine the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disorder that may be present.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder, effective August 7, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include MDD, antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and PTSD due to inadequacies in the VA examination reports.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, claimed as depression, and denied service connection for colon cancer. The Board also granted increased ratings for Parkinson's disease-related tremors and balance impairment in the right upper extremity and left lower extremity, respectively, while denying such claims for the other extremities.

The Board remands the appeal for the AOJ to obtain VA treatment records from January 2021 to September 2022, including those associated with the Veteran's hospitalization in September 2022.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for mood disorder with depression and anxiety, but no higher.

The claims for service connection for personality disorder, depression, generalized anxiety, and a back condition were dismissed due to the appellant not following a mandatory claim-processing rule requiring a notice of disagreement (NOD) to be filed within one year of the date of the issuance of notice of the decision.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for healed stress fracture, left third metatarsal base with neurapraxia of left anterior tibial nerve and service connection for chronic anxiety, chronic depression, diabetes, and sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted an effective date of December 18, 2022, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD), but no earlier.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depressive disorder and narcissistic and paranoid personality disorders.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus to allow for further development of the evidence.