Depression decisions — 2025

The veteran's total disability rating for PTSD and SMC based on housebound status were granted an earlier effective date of July 8, 2020.

The Board denied the veteran's request to restore a 70 percent rating for PTSD and major depressive disorder, effective November 1, 2022. The decision was based on evidence showing an actual improvement in the veteran's disability that would continue under ordinary conditions of life and work.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's migraine headaches, finding they are secondary to his service-connected depressive disorder.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and major depression was granted based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board denied service connection for refractive errors, headaches, back disability, and depression.

The veteran is granted a 50% rating for depressive disorder due to chronic pain from August 19, 2020, to January 5, 2022. The request for a higher rating after January 6, 2022, is denied.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for anxiety and depression. The Veteran will receive a new VA examination to assess the nature and etiology of his mental health disabilities.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal and reinstated a 30 percent rating for adjustment disorder with depression, chronic effective February 21, 2023.

The veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric condition, including unspecified depressive disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, is granted. The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms are secondary to his service-connected right leg stress fracture.

The veteran's request for higher ratings for traumatic brain injury and depressive disorder was denied, but a separate 10 percent rating for peripheral vestibular disorder was granted. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to March 7, 2009 was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for Parkinson's Disease as secondary to the veteran's service-connected depressive disorder. The decision was based on evidence that medication prescribed for the depressive disorder aggravated the Parkinson's Disease.

Service connection for rhinitis and sinusitis was denied. Service connection for major depressive disorder, bronchial asthma, sleep apnea, and a vitamin deficiency were dismissed.

The veteran's claims for higher ratings were denied, but effective dates for service connection and TDIU were granted.

The veteran is granted a 70% rating for major depressive disorder from September 2, 2019, through June 24, 2021. The veteran is also granted an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits starting from September 2, 2019.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, anxiety, depression, and migraines because the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The veteran's earlier effective date for a 50 percent disability rating for depressive disorder is granted, starting from October 1, 2020.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including TBI, DDD, and urinary incontinence, have been determined to preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation. Therefore, he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal for service connection of insomnia, including as secondary to major depressive disorder and hypertension, is remanded. The Board needs more information from a VA examination.

The veteran is granted a 70% rating for persistent depressive disorder. The decision is based on the severity of symptoms and their impact on occupational and social functioning.

The veteran's claims for PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder were reopened due to new evidence. The Board remanded the issues for further evaluation.