Depression Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, left hand residuals status post injury to the 3rd and 4th fingers, and right thumb residuals status post injury. The claim for a bilateral leg disability and joint pain disability was denied, as were ratings for tension headaches and chronic fatigue.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, as the evidence did not support a diagnosis of PTSD or establish a link between the claimed in-service stressors and current symptoms.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's duodenal ulcer disability as of January 20, 2021, and also granted TDIU.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation due to the need of regular aid and attendance based on his service-connected disabilities, particularly kidney cancer and depressive disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 50 percent rating for major depressive disorder, recurrent with psychotic features and anxiety.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia with unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressor.

The Veteran was granted a 60 percent rating for asthma from January 1, 2023, but the appeal for an increased rating for her psychiatric condition and service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for other specified depressive disorder due to a failure to provide adequate notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for depression disorder and PTSD, as there was no evidence of a current disability. The claims for a bilateral foot disorder and alopecia areata were remanded for further development.

The Board granted initial ratings of 10 percent for residual left foot injury and 30 percent for migraine headaches, while denying initial compensable ratings for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, GERD, major depressive disorder with depressive features, insomnia disorder, and service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to determine if any of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his migraines and major depressive disorder with psychotic features and unspecified neurocognitive disorder, caused or materially contributed to the Veteran's death.

The appeal for increased ratings for service-connected major depressive disorder and the claim for a rating of total disability due to individual unemployability based upon service-connected disorders (TDIU) effective April 3, 2017 were dismissed as either improper concurrent elections or moot.

The Veteran's service-connected headache condition associated with major depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder is granted a 50 percent disability rating.

The Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, denied an increased rating for PTSD with other specified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and remanded claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine headaches and service connection for traumatic brain injury.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and denied service connection for left and right lower extremity radicular pain, paresthesia, chronic fatigue syndrome, other unspecified depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. However, the Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, specifically PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the occurrence of in-service stressors and a link between current symptoms and service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for Unspecified Depressive Disorder with Alcohol Use Disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for the issues of an earlier effective date, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, and an increased rating for gout.