Depression decisions — 2025

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and DEA eligibility, and remanded claims for TDIU, SMC based on housebound status, and lumbar disability.

The Board granted service connection for alcohol use disorder, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The remaining claims are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including unspecified depressive disorder and peripheral neuropathy in all extremities, were granted with specific ratings. TDIU was also granted effective January 28, 2019.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 100 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, as the symptoms most nearly approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied service connection for a disorder to the cervix.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, MDD, and SSD.

The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus caused or aggravated his major depressive disorder with anxiety.

The Board granted a restoration of the 20% rating for lumbar spine disability, an initial 40% rating since June 30, 2021, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied ratings in excess of the current assigned ratings for various service-connected conditions, including major depressive disorder and musculoskeletal issues, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for her Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) from March 20, 2017, to September 20, 2020, and a TDIU from the same date forward.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic arthritis, thoracolumbar spine, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder as the evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder, which is related to the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with MDD from January 21, 2010 to August 6, 2020 and granted an effective date of May 21, 2015 but no earlier for the grant of TDIU.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of depressive disorder, TDIU, and DEA, as well as a higher rating for the depressive disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for readjudication of his claim for service connection for depressive disorder, finding that new and relevant evidence had not been submitted since the last final denial in February 2022.

The Board granted service connection for major depression disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were incurred during his active service.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for depressive disorder and a TDIU from January 31, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disability, tinnitus, and increased ratings for major depressive disorder, basal cell carcinoma residuals, and forehead scar.

The Board granted restoration of a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with inhalant use disorder and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, while dismissing the appeal for recurrent high blood pressure as untimely appealed and denying service connection for vitamin B12 deficiency and PTSD.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with MDD and remanded claims for service connection for a low back disability, cervical spine disability, and varicocele, right testicle.