Depression Board decisions

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder, are found to be related to his service in Kuwait. Service connection is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and bipolar disorder is reopened. The skin disorder claim is denied. Service connection for restrictive ventilatory defect remains at a 60 percent evaluation.

Service connection is granted for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The appeals regarding other conditions are dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, sarcoidosis, and an acquired psychiatric disability (including depression and/or bipolar disorder) due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service. The Board found that the Veteran did not have an applicable period of service during which he could be granted service connection.

Entitlement to service connection for depression was denied. The Veteran's PTSD with alcohol dependence is rated at 30 percent prior to September 29, 2015; 50 percent from September 29, 2015 to May 1, 2016; and 70 percent thereafter.,TDIU was denied prior to September 29, 2015.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Graves' Disease with hypothyroidism. The appeal for service connection for depression was dismissed.

The Board has denied service connection for obesity as it is not a disease or injury for which service connection may be established. The Veteran's claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, left sciatic nerve disability, and depression are remanded due to missing medical records and the need for VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the service connection claims for multiple sclerosis, constipation, erectile dysfunction, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to their inextricable interrelation. The Veteran's claim for service connection for these conditions is now pending.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's psychiatric conditions, including PTSD. The Veteran will need a VA examination to determine if she has any current acquired psychiatric disorder and whether it is related to her military service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for issuance of a SOC regarding the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen his claim of depression, including as secondary to service-connected headaches. The VA will also schedule an appropriate examination for the Veteran's headaches and consider the TDIU claim in conjunction with the increased rating claim.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims, including obtaining relevant medical records and opinions regarding service connection for various conditions.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as depressive disorder, is related to his military service or secondary to his service-connected chondromalacia patella of the left knee. The case is being remanded for further development.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims due to the need for additional medical records from SSA and private sources.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diabetic retinopathy, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type II, clinical right L5-S1 lumbar radiculopathy, and clinical left L5-S1 lumbar radiculopathy.,No specific exposure basis was provided in the decision.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to the Veteran's reported exposure to toxic chemicals during a flood and cleanup at Fort Leonard Wood in 1975. The VA is instructed to investigate further and obtain additional information.

The Veteran's sleep apnea and tinnitus were not found to be related to service.,Fatigue, headaches (claimed as migraine headaches), and an acquired psychiatric disability have been remanded for further examination.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. Bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for depression, finding that there is no current diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder and that the evidence does not support a link to service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and remanded to obtain a new VA examination to address the etiology of his psychiatric conditions, including whether they are related to in-service stressors or personal assaults.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for depression is being remanded due to the need for a new VA medical opinion considering recent lay evidence about an in-service incident.