Depression Board decisions

The Board granted an effective date of June 2, 2021 for a 50 percent evaluation for persistent depressive disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from the same date.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, migraine headaches, sleep apnea, psychiatric disability, and multiple musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. The Board also denied an increased rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on a housebound status.

The Board denied increased ratings for sinusitis, fibromyalgia, and IBS but granted service connection for OSA and TBI.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety disorder and major depression to satisfy a pre-decisional regulatory duty.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for unspecified depressive disorder and granted special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance. The claim for service connection for hypertension was remanded.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, including insomnia disorder with other medical morbidity (MDD) and denied a higher rating for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraine headaches, and tinnitus but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, persistent depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and chronic headaches based on in-service events.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder, and remanded claims for penile deformity, loss of erectile power (erectile dysfunction) and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than major depressive disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a current disability. The claim for service connection for a left eye disorder was remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher initial disability rating, and TDIU, as well as remanded the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for right leg pain, left leg pain, right foot pain, and left foot pain, restored a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain effective March 1, 2021, denied increased ratings for tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, and right hip strain, granted an earlier effective date for depression, and granted TDIU.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), as the evidence of record did not support a finding that MDD began during active service or was otherwise causally related to an in-service injury or disease.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The appeal regarding service connection for major depression disorder is dismissed as the claim was fully resolved in a May 2025 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, and OSA with insomnia, based on the evidence supporting a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.