Depression decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development related to the Veteran's service as a nurse and potential radiation exposure.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, and anxiety due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, major depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder is granted an initial rating of 50 percent, and some claims for service connection are denied while others are remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for persistent depressive disorder and service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating or support a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board granted an effective date of June 2, 2021 for a 50 percent evaluation for persistent depressive disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from the same date.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, migraine headaches, sleep apnea, psychiatric disability, and multiple musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. The Board also denied an increased rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on a housebound status.

The Board denied increased ratings for sinusitis, fibromyalgia, and IBS but granted service connection for OSA and TBI.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety disorder and major depression to satisfy a pre-decisional regulatory duty.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for unspecified depressive disorder and granted special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance. The claim for service connection for hypertension was remanded.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, including insomnia disorder with other medical morbidity (MDD) and denied a higher rating for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraine headaches, and tinnitus but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, persistent depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and chronic headaches based on in-service events.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder, and remanded claims for penile deformity, loss of erectile power (erectile dysfunction) and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than major depressive disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a current disability. The claim for service connection for a left eye disorder was remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher initial disability rating, and TDIU, as well as remanded the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea.