Depression Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including paranoid schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression. The decision is pending further investigation.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed PTSD and Depression, including a lack of corroborated in-service stressors. The Veteran will need to undergo a VA examination with a psychiatrist or psychologist to determine if she meets the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's service-connected depression and right wrist disability render her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU rating. The remaining claims for increased ratings are remanded.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension due to new evidence received. The issues of entitlement to service connection for other conditions related to Camp Lejeune exposure are remanded.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and an unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress (claimed as PTSD due to military sexual trauma) because there is no evidence of a current disability, or any link between the claimed conditions and her military service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder prior to October 26, 2016, is denied. The claim of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder beginning on October 26, 2016, is also denied.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder, now diagnosed as PTSD, was reduced from a 70% rating to a 50% rating in February 2015. The appeal is dismissed because the claim has been resolved in favor of the Veteran with the restoration of the 70% rating.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for PTSD, anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding a medical nexus between these conditions and in-service incidents.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, obesity, impotency, and depression due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to new evidence provided by the Veteran.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder, has been reopened. However, the case is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of his current psychiatric disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including persistent depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and anxiety disorder; service connection for alcohol abuse disorder as secondary to his acquired psychiatric disorder; initial compensable rating for a left knee strain with limited extension; and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The claims are remanded because the VA examinations were inadequate and additional development is required.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder is related to his active service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied, but his claim for secondary service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (including anxiety disorder and depressive disorder) related to his service-connected lumbar spine disability was granted.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for neck disability, bilateral pes planus (claimed as bilateral foot injury), thoracic kyphoscoliosis (claimed as a back injury), anxiety disorder not otherwise specified also claimed as depression, and headache disorder due to additional development being required.

The Board has determined that further examination and opinion are needed to address the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and Alzheimer’s disease. The issues have been remanded.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to incomplete SSD records and the need for a Board hearing on his PTSD and PDD claims.

The Veteran's request to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for arthropathy and joint pain, specifically involving the left and right ankles and the left and right hips, has been granted. The evidence now suggests that the Veteran may have psoriatic arthritis affecting his ankles and hips.,The Veteran's request to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a lung condition, claimed as secondary to medications taken to treat service-connected psoriasis, has also been granted.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for service-connected residual scars, bilateral lower quadrants, associated with laparoscopic hernia repairs is dismissed.,A 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder has been granted.