Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and an anxiety disorder due to the lack of a current diagnosis.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 3, 2022, for the assignment of a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), due to several pre-decisional duty to assist omissions.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, based on the evidence showing that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's condition began in service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance, due to a duty to assist error regarding missing service treatment records.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Appellant during its pendency.

The Board denied the Veteran's eligibility for specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant due to not meeting the required service-connected disability criteria.

The Board denied an increased rating for depressive disorder and remanded the claims for a higher rating for headache syndrome and TDIU.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed as the Veteran has been granted service connection since the date of his initial claim.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder, finding that these conditions originated during active service. The claims for a recurrent sleep disability and a recurrent respiratory disability were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, MDD, and alcohol use disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, mood disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied an increased rating higher than 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for major depressive disorder, tinnitus, sleep apnea, and a gastrointestinal disability due to untimeliness of the VA Form 10182. The appeal for service connection for sarcoidosis was denied based on the lack of evidence supporting a current disability.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied service connection for PTSD and a higher rating for the unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder/major depressive disorder/insomnia.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and sleep apnea, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these appeals.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder (PDD) as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type II, blindness, and hearing loss.

The Board denied increased ratings for persistent depressive disorder and diabetes mellitus type II, granted an increased rating of 10 percent for hypertension, and granted an increased rating of 20 percent for bilateral hearing loss. The Board also remanded service connection for cardiac arrhythmia.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired mental health condition, to include major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, based on new evidence.