Depression decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as anxiety and depression, insomnia, and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, finding that the Veteran's current disability is related to his in-service experiences.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for persistent depressive disorder, as the evidence did not support an increased rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating, TDIU, and SMC.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and MDD, due to a failure to provide adequate notice regarding evidence from sources other than the Veteran's service records or evidence of behavior changes that may constitute credible supporting evidence of the stressor.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for persistent depressive disorder, granted service connection for a back disability, and denied service connection for a cervical spine disability. The decision also remanded claims for sleep apnea and total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder with insomnia disorder and alcohol use disorder due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted a 100% rating for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder, effective August 1, 2024.

The Board denied service connection for major depressive disorder, with anxiety as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during active service or was related to an in-service injury or disease.

The Board denied a higher initial disability rating for the service-connected psychiatric disability, finding that the severity of the symptoms did not warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent from June 3, 2020 to January 7, 2021 and 70 percent from January 7, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder with major depressive episodes and alcohol use disorder as secondary to the Veteran's pain arising from his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted an effective date of July 30, 2022 for the award of a 50 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder (psychiatric disorder) but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.

The appeals for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, hypertension, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and raised prostate specific antigen (PSA) were dismissed due to untimely submissions.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected GAD with MDD, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder strain and tension headaches, denied service connection for sinusitis, and granted initial ratings of 70 percent, but no higher, for depressive disorder, 40 percent, but no higher, for lumbosacral strain, and 20 percent, but no higher, for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for depression, finding no current disability. The left great toe condition was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches and right ankle sprain, but denied service connection for vascular issues/blood clots, hearing loss, tinnitus, and depressive disorder. The effective date for gout was denied.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service-connected unspecified depressive disorder from January 7, 2019, was granted.

The Veteran's depressive disorder symptoms more closely approximate the criteria for a 50 percent rating from November 22, 2010.