Depression Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claims for other conditions due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a mental illness, to include schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for depression, to include any acquired psychological disorder, for a VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and service connection was dismissed due to a late filing.

The appeal for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and persistent depressive disorder was withdrawn by the appellant's representative.

The Board granted service connection for depression as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbosacral spine and assigned a 70 percent rating from November 15, 2022, for depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, but remanded the claims for hypertension, prostate disorder, heart disorder, psychiatric disorder, diabetes, stomach disorder, and low back disorder.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder with subclinical features of PTSD and major depressive disorder, as well as a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction. The remaining issues were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition other than PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for major depressive disorder with alcohol dependence prior to November 7, 1996, and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to April 10, 2009, are remanded due to incomplete development.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding a nexus between the Veteran's in-service stressor and his current diagnosis.

The Board denied an effective date prior to September 5, 2023, for a 100 percent rating for MDD and SMC based on housebound criteria. However, it granted service connection for right ear painful scar, right ear surgical scar, and sleep apnea with an effective date of November 30, 2020.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial rating higher than 50 percent for persistent depressive disorder due to outstanding Social Security Administration records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance or housebound status due to his service-connected major depression disorder not causing a significant impairment in daily activities.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include recurrent major depressive disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.

The Board grants an effective date of October 16, 2020, for the award of service connection for depressive disorder due to chronic right ankle pain.

The veteran withdrew the appeal by way of a February 2024 Statement in Support of Claim, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the appeal.