Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety, or depression, based on credible evidence that the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor occurred.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety, depression, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, right knee condition, left knee condition, and headaches based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and continuous post-service symptoms.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for further development and a new VA examination.

The Board denied an earlier effective date prior to February 7, 2017 for the award of service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, finding that his psychiatric disorder did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or an earlier TDIU or SMC effective date.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, allergic rhinitis, and obstructive sleep apnea due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbar osteoarthritis and remanded the claims for service connection for depression, a neck disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than binge eating disorder to obtain a new VA medical opinion.

The appeal concerning the propriety of the rating reductions for the Veteran's right distal fibula disability and tinea pedis was dismissed, while SMC based on the need for aid and attendance was granted prior to February 20, 2024.

The Board granted the restoration of a 30 percent disability rating for left knee strain, finding that the AOJ's reduction was improper and void ab initio.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, allergic rhinitis, and obstructive sleep apnea due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and an earlier effective date of November 24, 2015, for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder from May 25, 2022 to February 27, 2023.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder from August 21, 2016, to June 25, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression, for further development and a new VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, including a psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and knee disabilities, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and a mental health disorder (also claimed as depression) due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The appeal for service connection for moderate, recurrent major depressive disorder with anxious distress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is dismissed due to a lack of justiciable case or controversy.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent disability rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, finding that March 16, 2021 was the appropriate date based on when she filed her claim.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia disorder with depression, finding a current disability related to the Veteran's service in Latvia and Lithuania.