Depression Board decisions

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, finding that it manifests as occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's depressive disorder, with anxious distress, effective February 4, 2015.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on the Veteran's in-service stressors during his active service in the Southwest Asia theatre of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

The veteran was granted a 50% disability rating for persistent depressive disorder (PDD) starting August 15, 2018, and the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to PDD and migraines, higher ratings for migraine headaches, and TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's generalized anxiety with major depressive and alcohol use disorder from April 14, 2023 to August 1, 2024.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for depression, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability, but denied an earlier effective date for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremity.

The Board denied an initial total disability rating for depressive disorder, finding the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated those warranting a 70 percent rating.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a left knee disability due to further development needed, specifically the acquisition of prison medical records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anxiety and depression to ensure a VA examination is conducted.

The Board denied service connection for mental disorders, mood disorders, and manic depressive disorder as well as limitation of motion ankle, left due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no current disability. The claims for major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder were remanded.

The Board granted a 70 percent initial rating for depressive disorder and remanded the issue of a higher rating for left knee patellofemoral syndrome prior to June 16, 2022.

The appeal of the rating and effective date assigned for PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder in a July 2020 rating decision is dismissed due to a procedural defect.

The Board denied the Veteran's requests for revision of an April 1996 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) regarding initial ratings for depression, residuals of palatopharyngoplasty, and service connection for a lower back condition.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder was dismissed as moot because the June 2022 rating decision granted an earlier effective date of November 14, 2016, and the Veteran is also in receipt of a TDIU since that date.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and denied a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and increased ratings of 40% but not higher for lumbosacral strain, urethritis, and depression.

The Board dismissed the appeals for a compensable rating for a deviated nasal septum, a rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder, a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, service connection for hearing loss, and service connection for a right knee disorder due to untimely filing of the appeal.

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

The Board granted service connection for depression, left knee condition, and arthritis of the lumbar spine with spinal stenosis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.