Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a back disability and a psychiatric disability, both considered chronic within one year of separation. The claims for PTSD and eligibility for treatment for psychosis were deemed moot or dismissed.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for depression and anxiety.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder due to an incomplete request for private medical records.

The appeal seeking an effective date earlier than May 20, 2021, for the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed and anxious mood and depressive disorder was dismissed due to a written withdrawal by the Veteran.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder and remanded the issue of a rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine.

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 denied service connection for depression and remanded the claim for service connection for allergic rhinitis due to inadequate VA nexus opinions.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 3, 2024 for the initial 100 percent evaluation for PTSD and major depressive disorder, denied a rating in excess of 70 percent prior to that date, granted TDIU prior to that date, denied TDIU after that date, and granted an earlier effective date for DEA benefits under 38 USC Chapter 35.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for persistent depressive disorder, as the evidence did not show occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board granted restoration of a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, effective August 1, 2023. The claim for an increased rating was denied. Service connection claims for sinusitis, chest pain, and vertigo were remanded.

The appeal for an extension of time to file a notice of disagreement and the attempted appeal regarding service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, and a rating for bilateral hearing loss were dismissed due to untimeliness.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include other specified trauma and stressor disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for rhinitis, sinusitis, and a right ankle condition. The claims for depression were dismissed as moot.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include depression and duress, and a right shoulder disability. The claims for back, right knee, and left knee disabilities were remanded.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, is dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied the claim for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for panic disorder with major depressive disorder (claimed as anxiety condition) due to insufficient evidence showing the level of impairment required for a higher rating.

The appeal for an extension of time to file a notice of disagreement with the March 2023 rating decision was denied, and the appeal was dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and the need for a VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder, due to pre-decisional errors in failing to obtain a sufficient medical opinion and STRs.