Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and persistent depressive disorder.

The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's degenerative spondylosis at L5-S1, left and right shoulder disabilities, left and right knee disabilities, and depressive disorder.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from December 15, 2020 to April 26, 2022 due to service-connected major depressive disorder, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, and left sciatic nerve radiculopathy.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include recurrent major depressive disorder and PTSD due to predecisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder with anxiety, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran based on his persistent hallucinations and delusions stemming from combat experience.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depressive disorder, and alcohol dependency, as the evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left hip condition and a mental health condition, claimed as depression with anxiety, due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remanded several claims for further development and readjudication, including service connection for OSA and hypertension, as well as increased ratings for right wrist sprain, MDD, tension headaches, and other musculoskeletal conditions.

The Board granted a higher initial rating of 100 percent for systemic lupus erythematosus but denied an increased rating from 50 percent for the mental health disability.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant, and no substitute has been filed within the required timeframe.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as persistent depressive disorder, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain due to an approximate balance of evidence, but remanded the claim for major depressive disorder for further development.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia disorder, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and plantar fasciitis as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board granted service connection for depression with insomnia, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and finding that his condition is due to a fall during active service.

The Board finds that new and relevant evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for TDIU, and remands the claims of entitlement to individual unemployability and service connection for mental conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder and tinnitus prevented him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment from May 23, 2019 to January 23, 2022.

The Board remands the case to determine whether the Veteran's mental health disabilities began during his first period of military service.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and MDD, as secondary to service-connected spinal stenosis with degenerative disc disease (DDD) and degenerative arthritis, for a VA examination.

The Board remands the case for an adequate VA examination and to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for irritable bowel syndrome and remanded the claims for service connection for cerebral infarction, depressive disorder due to stroke, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, and peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity.