Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a March 2024 rating decision, which increased the rating for psychiatric conditions to 70 percent and awarded TDIU.

The appeal for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and alcohol use disorder, as well as tinnitus, was dismissed as moot due to subsequent grants of service connection.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and an earlier effective date of August 21, 2012, for basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a back condition, knee conditions, headaches, and others, as the evidence did not demonstrate that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service, ADT, or IDT.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of unspecified anxiety disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, and insomnia due to insufficient evidence regarding in-service stressors and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, as well as increased ratings for certain service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and MDD, as well as entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's appeal for service connection and disability rating was dismissed due to untimely filing.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for major depressive disorder, right fibrocystic breast disease, and tinea pedis.

The Board granted service connection for left shoulder tendon tear with tendonitis and osteoarthritis, as well as an insomnia disorder claimed as secondary to service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD alone prevents him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and he is granted a TDIU effective June 6, 2023. He also qualifies for special monthly compensation (SMC) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s)(1), effective the same date.

The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches, CFS, IBS, bilateral restless leg syndrome, vertigo, GAD, persistent depressive disorder, and tinnitus. The appeal was denied for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic sinusitis and a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis.

The Board grants the appeal in full, granting service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for major depressive disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically to obtain SSA disability records.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), finding that the evidence supports a link between the Veteran's MDD and his military service.

The Board granted a TDIU due to persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress and MDD alone, from April 17, 2018 to January 31, 2019, but denied an earlier effective date for the award of an increased disability rating of 70 percent.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, but denied an increased rating for depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for further development, specifically to determine whether the Appellant is considered the surviving spouse and to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder with primary insomnia effective December 16, 2019, and an initial 40 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease from June 27, 2017 through December 6, 2021.