Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted a separate 30 percent rating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and denied an effective date prior to January 30, 2023, for the award of a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to obesity secondary to a service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, denied an increased rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board dismissed the claims for a compensable rating for headaches, an increased rating for PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea with asthma, as well as denied service connection for various conditions including allergies, bronchiectasis, nasal polyps, nausea, severe anxiety, severe depression, sexual dysfunction, suicidal ideations, and vertigo.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right shoulder, left shoulder, right knee, left knee, right wrist, left wrist, lung condition, mental health condition (anxiety and depression), thoracolumbar spine, cervical spine, plantar fasciitis, and migraine due to a lack of evidence supporting current disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for depression to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and separate evaluations, as there was no basis to assign an earlier effective date or additional ratings under the law.

The Board denied service connection for hair loss, back pain, depression and anxiety, uveitis, and joint pain as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a causal relationship to service.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression, as a new medical examination is needed to address the Veteran's ongoing symptoms and diagnoses.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for persistent depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder and headaches, as the evidence did not support a higher rating under the applicable criteria.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and MDD with anxious distress, but no higher.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the case.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, restored the prior 50 percent disability rating for adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety, chronic, with panic attacks, granted a 70 percent initial rating for acquired psychiatric disability, and granted TDIU.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for major depressive disorder and dismissed the appeals for increased rating of migraine headaches and service connection for a right elbow disability, while remanding claims for erectile dysfunction and neck condition.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a low back disability, major depressive disorder, fibroid tumors, and complete and total hysterectomy due to concurrent elections of review requests.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability from October 21, 2012, but denied an earlier effective date and individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychological condition (to include PTSD and major depressive disorder) to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.

The veteran has formally requested the withdrawal of all pending appeals before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from February 24, 2012, to September 26, 2012.