Depression Board decisions

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and PTSD, is service-connected due to military sexual trauma (MST) during his active service.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for insomnia, with major depressive disorder, mild, with anxious distress throughout the appeal from January 29, 2015.

The Board granted an effective date of August 31, 2017, for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, but dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date for a 40 percent evaluation assigned for lumbar strain prior to July 10, 2017.

The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's skin disability and further development is needed prior to adjudication of the Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran and finding that her condition is related to her service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and individual unemployability due to a need for further development of the evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression disorder, heart condition, anxiety disorder, right knee pain condition, left knee pain condition, and PTSD due to the Veteran failing to report for scheduled VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and persistent depressive disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on his service-connected disabilities, which meet the schedular criteria for TDIU and preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for major depressive disorder and PTSD, as new and relevant evidence was not sufficient to establish a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his active military service.

The appeal seeking service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, mild to moderate, was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for depression and anxiety as secondary to a lumbosacral strain and ankylosing spondylosis, finding no evidence of current disabilities.

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an April 10, 2024, rating decision.

The Board dismissed all appeals for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for the veteran's service-connected conditions, including depressive disorder, back disability, sciatica of the right lower extremity, and tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, finding that these conditions are secondary to pain from the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depression, due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's alleged in-service stressors and a lack of a medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a mental health disability, chronic headaches, and a low back disability. It also granted increased ratings for certain conditions but denied others.

The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) was dismissed, and the Board denied a schedular disability rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for left foot pes planus, right foot pes planus, left foot plantar fasciitis, right foot plantar fasciitis, left foot tinea pedis, right foot tinea pedis, and bilateral tinnitus. The claims for major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and lumbar strain were remanded.