Depression decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a medical opinion that considers all relevant evidence, including the Veteran's lay statements and contemporaneous service treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress (MDD) based on a diagnosis and evidence linking the condition to an in-service event.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for tinnitus and adjustment disorder with mixed symptoms of anxiety and depression, as no communication indicating intent to claim these conditions was received prior to April 4, 2023.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's depression, alcohol use disorder, and their relation to his cause of death.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety; burn scar(s), face, legs, chest, and right arm; and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, moderate, recurrent, with anxious distress but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression, standing alone, renders him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation. Therefore, the Board granted entitlement to a TDIU based solely on his service-connected PTSD with depression, effective June 1, 2016.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, anxiety, and depression is being sent back to the VA for further review. The VA needs to get more information about the Veteran's mental health conditions.

The veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and sleep apnea have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful employment, so he is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and TDIU prior to January 16, 2020.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for foot fungus, nail fungus, and major depressive disorder was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the remaining issues on appeal.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, headaches, cervical spine disability, and lumbar spine disability have been denied.,Service connection for depression has been granted with a rating of 70 percent as of January 17, 2017. The effective date for this grant is being remanded due to the need for further review.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating and TDIU was remanded. The Board needs more medical records and examinations to decide.

The Board has granted an effective date of March 10, 2010 for the Veteran's TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The decision resolves reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to February 21, 2018, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD. The veteran did not timely perfect his appeal of the July 2010 rating decision that granted service connection for PTSD with an initial disability rating of 30 percent.

The Veteran was granted a 70% disability rating for her major depressive disorder from November 4, 1992, to August 2, 2016, and a 100% disability rating from May 26, 2020, to October 28, 2020.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and Depression due to outstanding private treatment records, SSA disability records, and a VA examination based on a thorough review of the record.

The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits was granted. Service connection for recurrent ear infections was also granted. However, several disability rating increases were denied.

The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss, shin splints, depression, right knee disability, and stomach disability. The Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to support these claims.