Depression Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder with psychotic features, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.

The Board granted service connection for a generalized anxiety disorder with panic, alcohol use disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder based on evidence showing the conditions began during active duty.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 20, 2019, for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea and denied increased ratings for left knee disability, depression, and other hip conditions.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety, and insomnia, based on new evidence that was relevant to the claim.

The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded from a March 2024 rating decision that granted service connection for anxiety/depression, left wrist, rhinitis, and tinnitus disabilities.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, finding that her symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for major depressive disorder and a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected heart conditions.

The Board granted service connection for depression, anxiety, and PTSD, headaches, and asthma. The claims for right hip, left hip, right knee, left knee, right shoulder, back, and neck disabilities were remanded.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not result in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied an initial rating greater than 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder with anxious distress due to a known medical condition.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety based on a personal assault, as well as a fatigue disorder, to include chronic fatigue syndrome, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and OSA.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for insomnia, a left shoulder disability, a psychotic disorder, and depressive disorder due to untimely filing of a notice of disagreement.

The Board granted the appeal and restored service connection for bilateral pes planus, while also allowing a readjudication of the claim for major depressive disorder (MDD) based on new evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anxiety with depression due to alcoholism for further development, including verification of a reported in-service event and obtaining an adequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right elbow, right ankle, and depressive disorder and chronic pain syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, to include as due to an undiagnosed Gulf War illness, and denied higher ratings for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease (DDD) and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS).

The Board denied an initial disability rating higher than 50 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for somatization disorder and major depressive disorder, but denied a higher rating for right hip strain.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to his service-connected disabilities.