Depression Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened, but the issues of service connection for PTSD, depression, agitation, and anxiety disorders remain pending. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct a new examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for skin rash, cold injury residuals, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The cases are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded as the Board finds sufficient lay and medical evidence to suggest that his service-connected disabilities, despite falling short of schedular criteria for TDIU consideration, may have prevented him from obtaining or maintaining a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary for the Veteran's claims of service connection for sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric condition, including depression. This includes obtaining relevant medical records from Social Security Administration and a private facility where the Veteran was incarcerated, as well as scheduling VA examinations to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disability, particularly his claimed depressive disorder. The Veteran asserts that this condition is related to a motor vehicle accident during service in August 1975. Additional records are needed from Naval Hospital Lemoore and other treatment providers.

The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating in excess of 40 percent for DDD of the low back, service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to service-connected back disorder, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and bipolar disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, specifically his major neurocognitive disorder and other conditions. The Veteran contends that these conditions are related to service-connected hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for prostate cancer and acquired psychiatric disorder were denied, but his claim for venereal disease was not addressed. The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression).

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder, depressive disorder with alcohol abuse, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, atypical psychotic disturbance, atypical neurologic or cognitive impairment, affective disorder and PTSD is remanded due to the presence of new evidence that may support these claims.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression as secondary to his service-connected disability, increased rating for degenerative disc disease, and increased rating for sinusitis due to incomplete examinations.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST). The decision is based on new evidence submitted by the Veteran's treating providers.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depressive disorder, cognitive disorder, and alcohol use disorder, has been granted a 100% rating as of February 10, 2009.

The Veteran's initial claim for a rating of 50 percent for panic disorder with major depressive disorder and anxious distress was granted from February 14, 2013 to June 4, 2018. The appeal is denied for a rating in excess of 70 percent after June 5, 2018.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error regarding the etiology of the appellant's diagnosed major depressive disorder, which was not addressed in the January 2019 VA examination.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder with a sleep disorder has been rated at 70 percent since August 22, 2014. The Board also granted the Veteran a TDIU from March 14, 2012, based on his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, is related to service.

The Veteran's service connection claim for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is granted as the condition had its onset during his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic headaches, and sleep apnea due to errors in duty to assist. The issues are being reconsidered as new evidence was submitted.

The Board denied service connection for meningioma status post resection and an acquired psychiatric disorder, as well as secondary service connection for cranial nerve paralysis and left leg sciatic nerve paralysis, all of which were deemed not related to service or service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic orchitis and IBS with gastritis, but the issues of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and an autoimmune disease (Sjogren's syndrome) are remanded due to insufficient evidence.