Depression decisions — 2025

The Veteran's entitlement to TDIU and DEA benefits are granted with an effective date of May 1, 2022. The claim for a higher rating for depressive disorder is denied.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for all issues, including initial ratings and service connection for persistent depressive disorder, residuals of TBI, and headaches.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for major depressive disorder to verify in-service stressors and obtain an opinion on their relationship to the Veteran's condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for depressive disorder and headaches, as well as service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and plantar fasciitis of the right foot.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD was dismissed as the grant of service connection for unspecified depressive disorder represents a full grant of the benefit sought.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and chronic fatigue, secondary to the acquired psychiatric disorder, due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board remands the claim for a correction of an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory duty regarding notice of the right to a pre-decisional hearing on supplemental claims.

The Board reinstated the 70 percent evaluation for service-connected major depressive disorder (MDD) effective December 1, 2024, as the reduction was improper.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder is granted a rating of 50 percent, but no higher.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial rating higher than 70 percent for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for a mental disorder, including unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for a mental health disability but denied it for a right knee disability. The claims for back and left knee disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted the restoration of a 70 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder and persistent depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not show improvement in the ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several service connection claims due to missing or unassociated private medical records.

The Veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date of February 8, 2023, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, secondary to service-connected PTSD, and a headache disorder. The appeal regarding an earlier effective date for tinnitus was dismissed.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability from September 20, 2011 to April 1, 2025, but denied a rating in excess of 70 percent thereafter.

The Board remands the matter for an addendum opinion as there was no substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (major depressive disorder with anxious distress) as directly related to events in service that resulted in the grant of service connection for right and left foot residuals of cold injury with osteoarthritis.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for diabetic neuropathy, depression, inability to sleep and panic attacks, flat feet, and plantar fasciitis as the Veteran withdrew her request.