Depression Board decisions

The Board remands the claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person to afford the Veteran a VA examination.

The Board granted an effective date of June 21, 2016 for the award of service connection for depressive disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from that same date.

The Board denied an increased initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for a psychiatric condition, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the criteria for a 70 percent rating.

The application to reopen the claim for service connection for depression was granted, but entitlement to service connection for depression was denied.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depression, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD and other psychiatric disorders, hypertension, and musculoskeletal issues, to ensure compliance with duty to assist requirements.

The Board denied service connection for acquired psychiatric disabilities, including unspecified depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, as the evidence did not show a relationship between these conditions and active service.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for depression, teeth grinding, obstructive sleep apnea, and an extraschedular rating for tinnitus due to a procedural defect in the filing of concurrent elections.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability, and denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder with severe alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder and granted an effective date of April 12, 2021, but no earlier, for the award of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including unspecified depressive disorder, right and left hand tremors, GERD, IBS, gastritis, chronic sinusitis, dermatosis of the arms, hands, and feet, bilateral plantar fasciitis, bilateral tinea pedis, and a lumbar spine disability. The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for TBI and a compensable rating for migraine headaches.

The appeal to reverse or revise an August 2006 rating decision that denied service connection for major depressive disorder on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) is denied.

The Board denied an initial rating for PTSD (to include anxiety and depression) as the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's depressive disorder with insomnia and TBI, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 50 percent.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, major depression, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the probative evidence did not show a current disability.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the service-connected acquired psychiatric disability and denied an increased rating for major depressive disorder, but remanded the issue of a rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD.

The Board remands the claims for further development and adjudication, including a VA examination to determine if any service-connected disability contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, for a VA examination.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and the challenge to a rating reduction, thus the Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, finding a nexus between the Veteran's symptoms during his period of active service from June 2016 to January 2018 and his current diagnoses.