Depression Board decisions

The Board has granted an initial rating of 100 percent for the appellant's hypothyroidism with cold intolerance, hair and skin changes, fatigue, and major depressive disorder. The criteria for a 100 percent rating have been met.

The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has decided to remand the case for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for major depressive disorder. The remaining issues of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, erectile dysfunction, and a left arm condition are remanded due to the inextricability of these claims with respect to the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than major depressive disorder (MDD), to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); increased ratings for right ankle and knee disorders; and entitlement to a total disability rating based upon unemployability due to service-connected disabilities are being remanded as the Board finds that there is insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed psychiatric condition, right ankle and knee disorders, and the occurrence of his reported witnessing of a fellow Marine's death during training.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for hypertension and PTSD was denied. The earlier effective date claim for PTSD was also denied.

The Board dismissed all issues related to service connection and new and material evidence claims due to the Veteran's death. The appeal is dismissed without prejudice.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran has Alzheimer's or dementia, and whether his acquired psychiatric disorder is proximately due to presumed exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and/or caused by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lower extremity PAD and a higher rating for PTSD with depression, but has remanded his claims regarding CAD, surgical scars of the right leg and chest, a painful right leg scar, and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension, and cirrhosis of the liver. The Veteran's claim was based on his belief that these conditions were related to his military service, but the evidence did not support a finding of service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bipolar disorder and entitlement to a temporary total disability rating for hospitalization. The decision found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, and that the Veteran was not hospitalized for more than 21 days due to his PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions have increased in severity, and he is being asked to provide additional evidence or examinations to determine the current severity of his disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, including unspecified stress disorder with major depressive disorder, is currently rated at 30 percent prior to March 30, 2010; 50 percent from March 30, 2010, until June 10, 2021; and 70 percent thereafter. The Board has remanded the case for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and PTSD, finding that there was no credible evidence supporting the occurrence of a claimed in-service stressor related to military sexual trauma (MST).

The Veteran's depression is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has denied a higher rating as her symptoms do not warrant an increase.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The cases of recurrent sleep disability, psychiatric disability, scrotal disability, and lumbar spine disability are remanded due to the need for further examinations.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient verification of claimed stressors and a need for further medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorders.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that there was no evidence of such conditions during active service and that any current symptoms did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for psychiatric disabilities, a sleep disorder, erectile dysfunction, and hypertension as there is no evidence to support these claims. The Veteran does not have any service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of service-connected psychiatric disability and peripheral neuropathy, as well as his TDIU claim, are being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and a more contemporaneous examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there was no evidence of a psychosis having been manifest within the first post-service year and that the persuasive evidence failed to establish a present disability is etiologically related to service.