Depression Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for updated medical records and an opinion regarding direct and secondary service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a traumatic brain injury have been remanded due to the need for additional development, including verification of in-service tank accident injuries.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, may be related to service and is remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, anxiety disorder, and depression as there was no evidence of a nexus between the conditions and service.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder is currently rated at 50 percent, but the Board has determined that this rating does not meet the criteria for a higher rating due to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is being remanded for further examination and opinion to determine if it is caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD with MDD and alcohol use disorder, including the medications taken for such disability.

The Veteran's TDIU claim for the period prior to February 6, 2012 is being remanded due to insufficient evidence of unemployability caused by service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders and a need for additional private treatment records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a front tooth disability due to insufficient evidence in their respective cases.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bladder condition and a psychiatric disorder (including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression) as these issues were not appealed in the first place.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal, requesting to cancel her request for a BVA hearing and withdraw all issues on appeal. The Board dismissed the appeal as a result.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, are etiologically related to his service in Vietnam.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disability, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, began during service and has been present since then. The decision grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are now considered.,New evidence has been submitted that suggests a link between the Veteran's duodenal ulcer, hypertension, DM II, anxiety and depression, hemorrhoids, and sinus disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and incomplete VA treatment records. The issues include low back disorder, acquired psychiatric disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disorder, and headaches.

The Board has remanded the claims for left wrist ganglion cyst, acne, tinnitus, iron deficiency microcystic anemia, fatigue (claimed as tiredness), and psychiatric disorder to obtain additional information from the Veteran's service personnel records and to schedule a psychiatric examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to missing service treatment records and a need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to consider the Veteran's request for an additional 90-day period to submit evidence and argument, as well as concerns regarding the adequacy of the July 2021 VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hepatitis, non-A non-B; right pyelonephritis (kidney condition); an acquired mental disorder (anxiety and major depressive disorder); an ectopic pregnancy and its residuals; and hyperthyroidism due to unclear etiology and need for further development.