Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied increased ratings for psychiatric disabilities, liver disability, and painful scars of the anterior trunk but granted service connection for tinnitus, urinary incontinence, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including erectile dysfunction, PTSD, depression, frequent urination, intermetatarsal neuroma right foot, left knee condition, right knee condition, low back strain, shoulder strain, and tinnitus, due to a failure to provide necessary examinations.

The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions but granted service connection for ADHD.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, finding that it manifested with occupational and social impairment in most areas.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities beginning August 14, 2018, and special monthly compensation at the statutory housebound rate beginning July 23, 2019. Other claims for increased ratings were denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include a depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, as secondary to the veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoids and a rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder (MDD).

The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including new medical examinations and opinions to address the claimed conditions.

The Board remands the motions to revise or reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) regarding the denial of service connection for depression in two separate rating decisions.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct duty to assist errors, specifically regarding the adequacy of a VA examiner's opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's condition.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent prior to May 21, 2010, for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) with a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded several service connection claims.

The appeal for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for the appellant's service-connected conditions was withdrawn, and no disability ratings were assigned.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, sleep apnea, cervical spine (neck) disability, lumbar spine (back) disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and erectile dysfunction. The appeal was dismissed for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder due to the grant of an unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression and anxiety disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine and right lower extremity (RLE) and left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder, attention deficit disorder, and cannabis use disorder.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for increased ratings and service connection, as well as awards of special monthly compensation and Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board remands the issues of an increased rating for PTSD and entitlement to TDIU due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's social and occupational history.

The Board denied entitlement to earlier effective dates for a TDIU and DEA benefits, as the evidence did not show that the Veteran was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 28, 2010.