Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 as the Veteran did not meet the required criteria for a continuous total disability rating.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically major depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for anxiety, insomnia, and depression due to an impermissible concurrent election of a Notice of Disagreement with a supplemental claim.

The Board denied readjudication of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, claimed as depression and anxiety, due to a lack of new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for anxiety and depression due to a need for a medical examination and opinion.

The Board remands the matter for a new medical examination to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer and depressive disorder, respectively.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding it to be at least as likely as not related to hazardous noise exposure during the Veteran's active duty service. The claim for major depressive disorder was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety, due to a need for additional evidence and medical opinion.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during his period of Active Duty for Training.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for depressive disorder with pathological gambling disorder and alcohol use disorder prior to September 21, 2018, but denied a higher rating from that date. The claim for TDIU was also denied.

The Board remands the matter for an adequate medical opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including MDD.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability evaluation for degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with sciatica of the legs, effective September 1, 2012. The claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and amputation of the distal right ring finger were denied.

The Board granted an effective date of August 24, 2016, for the award of a 100 percent rating for major depressive and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, recurrent with alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that the severity of his symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment due to passive suicidal ideation.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for service connection for major depression due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, and insomnia, on a secondary basis due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The appeal for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder and unspecified insomnia was dismissed because the Veteran has been granted the benefit he seeks on appeal.

The appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the issue during a Board hearing.