Depression decisions — 2025

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, finding that these conditions are related to his military service. The issue of verifying an in-service stressor for PTSD remains unresolved.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD) related to the Veteran's active duty. The Veteran had more than 30 years of Army service, including active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of major depressive disorder due to inadequate medical opinions and a duty to assist error.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, was denied. The claims for headaches and erectile dysfunction were remanded for further evaluation.

The appeal of a proposed rating reduction for persistent depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder and insomnia disorder is dismissed.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of psychiatric disorders, including MDD, GAD, ADHD, and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder. The Board found new and relevant evidence warrants readjudication.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of major depressive disorder with anxious features and unspecified anxiety disorder. It also denied a separate rating for the unspecified anxiety disorder but remanded the claim for service connection of a recurrent cervical spine disability.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of depression and anxiety. The Veteran's case will be reviewed again with additional evidence considered.

The appeal for a higher disability rating was dismissed because the veteran withdrew it.

The veteran's appeal for TDIU, service connection of degenerative arthritis with disc disease of the cervical spine, and a higher rating for major depressive disorder was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence was at least in approximate balance that the condition was incurred in or caused by military service.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depression, and insomnia. The Veteran's case will be reviewed again with all relevant records.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions due to lack of current diagnosis and functional impairment.

The veteran's appeals for service connection for low back disability, headaches, and respiratory disability were dismissed. The appeal for a higher rating for insomnia disorder and compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression. The Veteran's case will be reviewed again with additional evidence considered.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, anger management, depression, and anxiety was granted based on new evidence. However, the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD was denied because the veteran does not currently have a diagnosed psychiatric disorder.

The Board dismissed the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as moot because the veteran already has a combined 100 percent rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD with bruxism prior to April 14, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks (GAD), finding that the severance was improper.

The Veteran's service-connected persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder preclude substantial gainful employment, so a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.