Depression Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, leading to a TDIU from September 4, 2014. The claim for an extraschedular TDIU prior to that date is remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's in-service stressors and a need for further psychiatric examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired neurobehavioral/psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is etiologically related to service and grants the claim.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, tinnitus, hearing loss, and mild neurocognitive disorder, do not render him unemployable as he was laid off due to a reduction in force rather than his service-connected conditions. The Board denied the claim for TDIU.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, is found to be related to his in-service trauma or stressors. Service connection for this condition is granted.,The Veteran's traumatic brain injury is also found to be related to his in-service injuries and service connection is granted.

The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the August 1999 rating decision regarding service connection for depression and migraine headaches. The Veteran's STRs showed a history of depression and stress, but not migraines. There was no evidence indicating a nexus to service at the time of the August 1999 rating decision.

The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a traumatic brain injury, to include syncope, head laceration, neurocognitive disorder, anxiety disorder, and depression is granted. The Board also grants the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chest pain condition, to include gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) and Barrett's esophagus.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to a lack of verification of in-service stressors. The Veteran's claims are pending and will be reconsidered after further development.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and unspecified anxiety and depressive disorders, is granted as secondary to his service-connected Hodgkin's lymphoma. The rating for the status post left axillary/left subclavian veins blood clot remains remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder, is granted as service-connected. The left hip and right hip disorders are remanded for further examination to determine if they are related to the low back disorder. The low back disorder rating remains at 40%.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of major depressive disorder is denied as the earliest date of receipt of a claim was May 1, 2002.

The Board has decided that there is insufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD related to military sexual trauma (MST) and depression, are service-connected. The case will be remanded for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it began during active service. Service connection for persistent depressive disorder is determined to be 'unknown' as the appeal does not involve this condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence linking his current psychiatric conditions to his military service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 70 percent due to insufficient occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded the case for an additional examination to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him in need of regular aid and attendance or housebound status prior to January 24, 2019, and after February 29, 2020.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for TBI, migraine headaches, and a higher rating for his depressive disorder were all granted effective April 4, 2014. The claim for an earlier effective date for the 70 percent evaluation of his depressive disorder was denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and depression. The AOJ is instructed to attempt to obtain any in-service mental health records that may have been maintained separately from her military medical records.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal regarding a TDIU prior to June 25, 2015. The case is remanded for issuance of an SSOC considering all submitted evidence.

The Veteran's claim for a dental disability for VA outpatient treatment purposes is dismissed due to the incorrect re-adjudication in the SSOC.,Service connection for a dental disability for compensation purposes is denied as there is no evidence of service-connected trauma resulting in loss of teeth.