Depression Board decisions

The Board granted increased ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy to 20 percent, but no higher, from October 26, 2021, and an initial rating of 70 percent for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress from April 27, 2021, but denied other increased ratings.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding it to be related to the Veteran's already service-connected linear frontal scalp scar, residual of laceration to head with traumatic injury.

The Board granted an effective date of April 21, 2022, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, headaches, a left knee condition, and a low back condition as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and sinusitis due to untimely filings.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder with anxiety disorder unspecified, and remanded several other issues including the claims for service connection for urinary incontinence, lumbosacral strain, and sciatic nerves.

The Board granted the restoration of a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder, effective August 1, 2022.

The Board granted the restoration of a 70% rating for unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder and other specified depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder, effective July 1, 2021. The claims for an initial rating in excess of 30% for migraines (headaches) from November 1, 2021, and a compensable rating for hypertension were denied.

The veteran withdrew all pending claims as he has an overall 100 percent disability rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 30, 2016, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder.

The appeal contesting the severance of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression was dismissed, and the claim for service connection for tinnitus was denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression with anxiety and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), based on new evidence submitted within the appeal period.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including anxiety and depression, right shoulder strain, right knee pain, neck pain, hearing loss disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, sinus disorder, right lower extremity neurological disorder, left lower extremity neurological disorder, right toenail paronychia, and headaches.

The Board remands the claims for further development and examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, right middle finger injury, vaginal disorder, hemorrhoids, and thoracolumbar strain.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety and depressive disorder disabilities but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder disability.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding it was at least as likely as not incurred in service. The other claims were remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied an effective date prior to December 12, 2023 for the grant of service connection for recurrent major depressive disorder and denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for recurrent major depressive disorder.

The Board denied an increased rating greater than 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and MDD with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder.

The appeal seeking an earlier effective date for the 70 percent rating for MDD and a compensable rating for hypertension was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The Board remands the case to schedule an in-person examination with a psychiatric examiner to determine if any identified psychiatric disorders are related to military service.