Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for knee strain flexion in both knees and major depressive disorder with anxious distress, but denied service connection for asthma and prolactinoma. The Board also denied higher ratings for the Veteran's knee strain extension and right lower radiculopathy.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating, extension of temporary total rating, service connection for anxiety and major depression, and TDIU. The claim for service connection for a right ankle condition was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and alcohol use disorder, due to inadequate evidence and need for further development of the record.

The Board dismissed the issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for depressive disorder with insomnia, service connection for left and right ankle disabilities, and service connection for left CTS due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, adjustment insomnia, and migraine headaches but denied it for sleep apnea.

The Veteran is granted an effective date of March 25, 2006, for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with depressed mood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.

The appeal was denied for various conditions, including persistent depressive disorder with memory loss, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, tinnitus, and knee strains. The service connection for degenerative arthritis was also denied.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for various conditions to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the December 2022 decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for depression but denied service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss.

The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed because the veteran already has a 100% disability rating.

The Board granted effective dates of August 3, 2014 for service connection of several neurological impairments but denied requests for higher ratings and TDIU.

The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hemorrhoids was denied, but the claim for TDIU from December 15, 2020 to September 1, 2022 was granted.

The veteran's claim for service connection for loss of smell and taste was granted. The claim for depression as secondary to the loss of smell and taste was remanded.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD and peripheral neuropathy, due to conflicting medical evidence and the need for further examination.

The veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder was granted because the condition had onset during service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to obesity, which is linked to their service-connected depression, left knee condition, and bilateral foot condition, has been granted.

The veteran's service connection for migraine headaches, including migraine variants, as secondary to PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder is granted.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed psychiatric conditions, stating that there is no evidence of an in-service event causing these conditions.

The veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and migraine was denied. The veteran was granted a 10% rating for lipoma but denied for right ear hearing loss, residuals of head injury, and heat exhaustion. Service connection for IBS was granted. Other issues were remanded.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of major depressive disorder to obtain adequate medical opinions. The Veteran's claim is not granted or denied yet.