Depression decisions — 2026

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD, anxiety, and depression) as there was no competent medical evidence linking his current diagnoses to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a need for additional medical examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's headaches, including their relationship to his service-connected spine disability and PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for her acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, was denied. The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's depression is rated at a 70 percent disability rating, effective from the date of this decision.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for vision loss and an increased rating for tinnitus have been dismissed due to the withdrawal of the appeal by the Veteran's representative.

The Veteran's TDIU rating is granted effective June 30, 2023, based on his service-connected psychiatric and left knee disabilities.

The appeal of the March 2021 rating decision that deferred adjudicating an increased rating for a service-connected low back disability is dismissed. The Veteran's right knee and left knee disabilities, as well as his major depressive disorder, were rated accordingly.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating higher than 70 percent for his service-connected anxiety disorder and depressive disorder was denied, as were his claims for an earlier effective date. The Board found that the severity of his symptoms did not warrant a higher disability rating.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death, and the claims for service connection have not been decided.

The Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder (previously rated as panic disorder with dysthymia) is currently rated at 70 percent, but the Board denied a higher rating due to the symptoms not meeting the criteria for total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder with an unspecified depressive disorder, is rated at a 70 percent disability rating from July 6, 2017, to April 5, 2022.

The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD is dismissed. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for sleep apnea, to include on a secondary basis.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.

The appeal for service connection for a left wrist disorder is dismissed. The acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia with exacerbation and schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, anxiety, and depression, was not shown in service and is not etiologically related to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and a need for further examination. The Veteran seeks service connection for PTSD, Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Chronic Depression, and whether these conditions are aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral strain and femoral acetabular impingement syndrome (impairment of right hip).

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. The new evidence submitted since the prior denial supports the claim.

Your appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for your acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed as the issue has been previously adjudicated.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified depressive disorder is remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding his contention that vaccinations he received prior to deployment caused his depression.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically major depressive disorder with psychotic features, is currently rated at 70 percent and the Board has remanded the case for further development. The claim of entitlement to a TDIU remains pending.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder with substance abuse disorder, finding new and relevant evidence since the October 2018 denial. The decision also grants a combined claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder with substance abuse.