Depression decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, TDIU, and DEA due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, headaches, a neck disorder, an upper back disorder, a lower back disorder, and a left arm disorder as there was no evidence of current disabilities during the appeal period.

The appeal for service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD) was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are as likely as not of such nature and severity as to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder is granted as secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer, and a TDIU is granted prior to October 14, 2016.

The Board denied an effective date prior to August 19, 2020, for the grant of eligibility for DEA benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant and no eligible person has been identified for substitution.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder recurrent moderate with anxious distress, unspecified depressive disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension due to a need for additional evidence, including VA examination with opinion and SSA records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, and an anxiety condition, as well as a TDIU, to attempt to verify in-service stressors and provide additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, and anxiety disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance or housebound criteria, as there was no evidence that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to care for daily personal needs without assistance from others or substantially confined him to his dwelling.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected insomnia disorder with anxiety and depressive disorder, effective from November 21, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder and anxiety disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability due to the evidence being in relative equipoise.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left knee disability, right knee disability, psychiatric disability (PTSD and depression), and eye disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with gambling disorder, service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the major depressive disorder, and effective dates of August 22, 2019 for total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU), Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA), and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, sinusitis, and tinnitus. A 10 percent rating was granted for chronic headaches from December 22, 2021.

The appeal seeking an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder was withdrawn by the Veteran.

The appeal regarding the proposed reduction in the disability rating for major depressive disorder from 70 percent to 50 percent is dismissed as it was not a final decision.

The Board granted service connection for pancreatic cancer status post partial pancreatectomy and related conditions, but denied an increased rating for hypertension.