Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include a generalized anxiety disorder and depression.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 100 percent rating effective September 6, 2021, due to symptoms more nearly approximating total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, attributing it to his unspecified depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder and cocaine use disorder.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, as well as a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted a 20 percent evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain and denied an increased rating for his unspecified depressive disorder, as well as service connection for a right ankle condition.

The Board denied entitlement to separate evaluations for major depressive disorder and traumatic brain injury due to overlapping symptoms.

The Board remands the Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral pes planus, right and left upper extremity essential tremors, and unspecified depressive disorder with mild anxious distress due to missing service treatment records.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's IBS, depressive disorder, right knee disability, and TDIU claim.

The Board remands the claims for additional development, including new VA examinations to assess the severity of the Veteran's disabilities and address reports of daily suicidal ideation.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, TBI residuals, depression, and sleep apnea after finding new and material evidence was submitted. The claims for left ear hearing loss, hepatitis C, and other conditions were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder and panic disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected vagotomy.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain the Veteran's complete service treatment records.

The claims for service connection for clinical depression, sleep apnea, and lower body pain are being remanded to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, including anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances, based on new evidence. The claim for sinusitis was remanded for further development.

The Board denied an effective date prior to May 1, 2023, for the award of a 100 percent schedular rating for PTSD with anxiety and depression.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder is granted a 70 percent disability rating, and TDIU is granted.

The appeal concerning the issues of increased rating for depressive disorder and service connection for PTSD is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a finding of total disability based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, as he retains both the physical and mental capacity to perform some form of employment.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as a TDIU.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to duty to assist errors and the need for a medical examination under the PACT Act.