Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from February 10, 2004 to November 24, 2020.

The Board granted a 100 percent evaluation for the service-connected depressive disorder and denied an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for the right shoulder strain, while remanding claims for service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome and TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed expression of depression and anxiety secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, but remanded the claims for higher ratings for right shoulder tendonitis.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability, hearing loss, OSA, heart disease, and type two diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not show that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), finding that the Veteran's psychiatric disorders had their onset during active service.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder, effective December 1, 2016.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric condition other than PTSD, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), based on a medical nexus to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, as there was no evidence showing that these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and adjustment disorder, was dismissed as moot because a full grant of the benefit sought on appeal had been made in a January 2025 rating decision.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for a neck disability, an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for left upper extremity radiculopathy, and a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with depression and mood disorder (PTSD) for further development.

The Board remands the claim for entitlement to service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and sleep disturbance, as secondary to a service-connected disability, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for major depressive disorder and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on statutory housebound criteria from January 29, 2021, to May 18, 2023.

The Board granted an effective date of December 30, 2014, for service connection for depressive disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating greater than 30 percent for her psychiatric disability prior to March 5, 2019.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression and anxiety due to outstanding medical records and unverified dates of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, but denied a compensable disability rating for left ring finger ankylosis at proximal interphalangeal joint. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.

The Board denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions, granted a 30% rating for constipation as a residual of Parkinson's disease, and granted a 10% rating for loss of sense of smell beginning November 22, 2022.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for left shoulder impingement syndrome, but granted service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus.