Depression Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection, increased rating, and TDIU due to incomplete evidence.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they are not related to active service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection and a higher rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the service connection claim for PTSD and TDIU due to an inadequate VA examination report and the need for further development of evidence.

The appeal for service connection for a skin condition, left hip strain, and depression was dismissed as the Veteran did not file a notice of disagreement within one year of the relevant rating decisions. The appeals for service connection for bilateral lower and upper extremity radiculopathy were denied.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, fatigue, neurobehavioral effects (including mood), unspecified depressive disorder, hypertension, migraines, and degenerative disc disease. The Veteran's left ear hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding it to be due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for chronic headaches and denied a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss. The claim for service connection for depression secondary to chronic headaches was remanded.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder (MDD) but denied an earlier effective date for the 50 percent rating.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, pes planus in both feet, and a hammer toe on the left foot due to lack of evidence of current disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as MDD with anxious distress and psychotic features, based on the evidence showing a current disability, in-service incurrence, and a causal relationship between the current disability and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied service connection for unspecified depressive disorder and PTSD with insomnia, while remanding claims for erectile dysfunction and knee conditions.

The Board denied service connection for left foot corn and calluses, while remanding the claims for persistent depressive disorder and hidradenitis suppurativa.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depression, as the evidence did not support a finding of in-service disease, injury, or stressor.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, a lumbar spine disability manifested by low back pain, and left knee osteoarthritis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, panic disorder, and bilateral hearing loss to ensure that the Veteran receives a VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to his major depressive disorder, as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating or unemployability.

The Board remands the claims for a higher disability rating and TDIU due to incomplete evidence, including missing private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for major depressive disorder as the evidence did not support a finding that it began during active service or was otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.