Depression decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder and remanded the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome.

The Veteran was granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and depressive disorder, effective from April 15, 2021. Service connection for sleep apnea was also granted.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder, insomnia disorder, and panic disorder. The case was remanded to obtain additional evidence regarding the other issues on appeal.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for tinnitus due to a failure to file a Notice of Disagreement within one year of the initial denial. The claim for service connection for depression (major depressive disorder) was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date of March 30, 1978, for service connection for lumbosacral strain and major depressive disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder and panic disorder symptoms precluded him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment as of December 23, 2008.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as depression, was granted. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Board granted increased ratings for depressive disorder and lumbosacral strain, but remanded the claims for service connection for a right hip condition and right lower leg radiculopathy.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome status post laminectomy and remanded several other issues, including a rating increase for major depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee condition and major depressive disorder, recurrent, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and MDD have rendered him unemployable, effective March 9, 2023.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for his unspecified depressive disorder was denied, but he was granted individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but denied service connection for a left elbow condition and remanded claims for back and neck conditions.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to the RO for a new VA compensation examination.

The Veteran's service-connected depression and anxiety alone support an award of a total disability rating based on unemployability, and he is entitled to SMC at the housebound rate effective April 1, 2023.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for lumps in throat and sores in chest area, granted initial ratings of 50 percent for depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder and pes planus, and remanded readjudication of knee and back disability claims.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for persistent depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, effective March 21, 2014.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The appeal for an effective date earlier than July 14, 2020, for service connection for an acquired mental disorder was dismissed as untimely.