Depression Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for depressive disorder and for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for depressive disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of May 23, 2020, for a 100 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder (MDD), severe, without psychotic features, and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an eating disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and persistent depressive disorder as they are related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted initial ratings of 50 percent for unspecified depressive disorder, 60 percent for degenerative arthritis of the spine with IVDS, status post spinal fusion, and 40 percent for radiculopathy, right lower extremity. The claim for a compensable rating for scar on back was denied, and TDIU was granted.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, and MDD, for a VA medical opinion.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, for a VA examination and stressor verification.

The Board remands the claims for further development and consideration, including obtaining private medical records and a VA examination to address the Veteran's depression.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety, depression, severe alcohol use disorder and moderate cocaine use disorder due to military sexual trauma (MST), and granted increased ratings for certain service-connected disabilities. The claim for dizziness was dismissed, as was the entitlement to a TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for alcohol use disorder and triphasic sleep disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, increased the rating for LEFT ankle traumatic arthritis to 30 percent, and denied increased ratings for various knee disabilities. The decision also remanded several other issues for further development.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety, depression, and a psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) but denied service connection for an insomnia disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to military sexual trauma (MST) for a comprehensive VA medical opinion.

The appeal was dismissed for PTSD, and the claims for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder, depression, joint pains, chronic sinusitis, a higher rating for allergic rhinitis, and a 10 percent rating based on multiple non-compensable disabilities were denied. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back condition to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any vision loss and to assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected other specified depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, left and right knee replacements, depression, anxiety, as there was no evidence of a current disability during the period on appeal. The claims for breast cancer and kidney cancer were remanded for further development.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for stooped posture, a 70 percent rating for depressive disorder with mixed anxiety and sleep disturbances, and denied a compensable rating for Parkinson's disease which is separate from the essential tremor with bradykinesia rigidity, right upper extremity.

The Board denied an initial evaluation greater than 50 percent for persistent depressive disorder with moderate anxious distress, as the Veteran's symptoms did not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms more closely approximated those required for a higher rating.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, major depressive disorder, and peripheral neuropathy, preclude him from substantial gainful employment.