Depression Board decisions

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and dismissed the appeal concerning service connection for major depressive disorder. The claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory insufficiency, GERD, and OSA were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, PTSD, and unspecified depressive disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, and major depressive disorder as secondary to the now service-connected unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder. The claims for a lumbar spine disability, left shoulder strain, and bilateral flatfoot were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating greater than 50 percent for service-connected major depressive disorder, recurrent with anxious distress and occasional panic episodes.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for right shoulder disability and denied increased ratings for various knee disabilities, radiculopathy, GERD, and MDD.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and denied service connection for sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and a lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that it is related to an in-service event or injury.

The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted service connection for alcohol use disorder as secondary to PTSD and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and major depressive disorder, as the severity, frequency, and duration of symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not filing a Notice of Disagreement within one year of receiving notice of the respective decisions, and no good cause for extending the time limit was shown.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for anxiety and depression as they were already granted in a November 2024 rating decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, granted an earlier effective date for major depressive disorder, and remanded service connection for costochondritis.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, finding that the symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's heart disability, hypothyroidism, and skeletal arthritis of entire joint system. The lower back, bilateral hip, and bilateral knee disabilities were remanded for further development.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions and increased ratings for service-connected disabilities is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder with anxious distress, general anxiety disorder, and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, but denied service connection for allergic rhinitis. The Board also granted a 20 percent initial disability rating for bilateral hearing loss from September 19, 2024, and denied higher ratings for tension headaches.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for tension and cluster headaches, a rating of 50 percent for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and cervical radiculopathy of the right upper extremity effective May 7, 2024, and denied higher ratings for CTS and cervical radiculopathy of the right upper extremity.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and anxiety or depression as the evidence did not support a current disability, nor was an in-service event, disease, or injury shown.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's right middle and ring finger disabilities, hypertension from August 10, 2022, and depression NOS and mood disorder. However, an earlier effective date was granted for service connection of hypertension on December 26, 2018, and a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) was granted.