Depression Board decisions

The Board remands the Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral pes planus, right and left upper extremity essential tremors, and unspecified depressive disorder with mild anxious distress due to missing service treatment records.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's IBS, depressive disorder, right knee disability, and TDIU claim.

The Board remands the claims for additional development, including new VA examinations to assess the severity of the Veteran's disabilities and address reports of daily suicidal ideation.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, TBI residuals, depression, and sleep apnea after finding new and material evidence was submitted. The claims for left ear hearing loss, hepatitis C, and other conditions were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder and panic disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected vagotomy.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain the Veteran's complete service treatment records.

The claims for service connection for clinical depression, sleep apnea, and lower body pain are being remanded to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, including anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances, based on new evidence. The claim for sinusitis was remanded for further development.

The Board denied an effective date prior to May 1, 2023, for the award of a 100 percent schedular rating for PTSD with anxiety and depression.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder is granted a 70 percent disability rating, and TDIU is granted.

The appeal concerning the issues of increased rating for depressive disorder and service connection for PTSD is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a finding of total disability based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, as he retains both the physical and mental capacity to perform some form of employment.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as a TDIU.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to duty to assist errors and the need for a medical examination under the PACT Act.

The Veteran's depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and insomnia disorder with alcohol use disorder are due to his service-connected large B-cell lymphoma of the central nervous system and cause total occupational and social impairment.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, low back, right and left knee disabilities, generalized anxiety disorder, other specified depressive disorder, and somatic symptom disorder to obtain additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric conditions. The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder with a 70% evaluation effective February 27, 2023, and increased the ratings for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with degenerative arthritis to 30 percent and residuals of foot injury to 10 percent.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis under the PACT Act, OSA as secondary to rhinitis, and a 70 percent rating for depressive disorder secondary to service-connected lumbar spine disability. The claims for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder and a compensable rating for migraine headaches were denied.

The Board denied service connection for a low back, upper back, bilateral arm, and knee disability, as well as an eating disorder and stress disorder. However, the Board granted a 50 percent rating for depression.

The Board remands the claim for a TDIU based on the single service-connected disability of depressive disorder due to insufficient evidence and the need for an extraschedular referral.