Depression Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and major depression, due to insufficient evidence regarding his pre-service mental health history and potential service connection.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied as the weight of evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD.,Service connection was granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, which includes bipolar disorder and depressive disorder. The Board found that these conditions are etiologically related to service.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for hypertension, a psychiatric disability (including PTSD, depression, and anxiety), and a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and consideration of outstanding VA treatment records.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including unspecified depressive disorder, major depressive disorder, and other specified trauma/stressor-related disorder (subthreshold PTSD), as these conditions are found to be related to the Veteran's in-service sexual assault.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, were not found to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's PTSD with panic disorder and depressive disorder is granted at a 70 percent evaluation, effective March 14, 2019. The Veteran also received an award of TDIU.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a seizure disability has been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and Depressive Disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional verification of in-service stressors, as well as a review of his psychiatric records. The matter of service connection for Depressive Disorder will also be reconsidered.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and an examination to determine the nature and etiology of all diagnosed psychiatric disorders, including whether any are related to service.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his major depressive disorder, left hip strain, and left hip limitation are being remanded due to the need for additional development including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral TMJ is dismissed. The claim to reopen service connection for anger problems (claimed as depression and memory loss, and chronic adjustment disorder) has been granted. The claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, CFS, and sleep disorders are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran meets the criteria for PTSD under DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. The Veteran will be asked to provide authorization for VA to obtain private treatment records and a retrospective opinion from a VA examiner.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine if service connection can be granted for a lumbar spine disability, an acquired psychiatric disability (depressive disorder), and erectile dysfunction. The issues are inextricably intertwined.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to the Veteran's inability to attend VA examinations and the need for additional medical records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, finding that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for various disabilities, a reduction of the rating for prostate cancer residuals, and TDIU. The Veteran's claims are pending and need further investigation.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, has been reopened. The restoration of the 10 percent rating for post-operative release trigger finger is granted.,The Veteran’s left upper extremity radiculopathy with numbness remains at a 20 percent evaluation.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for rash and major depressive disorder due to insufficient nexus opinions provided by VA examiners. The Veteran is requested to provide an addendum opinion regarding the onset of his rash during service, its relationship to his current condition, and whether his major depressive disorder is related to in-service events.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for scars of the right and left groin is denied.,A higher initial rating of 70 percent, but no higher, for service-connected psychiatric disability (depression schizoaffective disorder) with alcohol abuse in remission is granted effective May 28, 2011.