Depression Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for an unspecified depressive disorder, finding it to be related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU to correct a duty to assist error, specifically related to VA treatment records that were not properly associated with the claims file.

The Veteran is granted eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to his permanent and total service-connected disability affecting both lower extremities, which precludes locomotion without the aid of assistive devices.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, as well as effective dates prior to June 23, 2021.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, claimed as anxiety and depression, to obtain a more detailed medical opinion.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the right hand scar from January 31, 2019, and denied other claims.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, but no higher. The claim for service connection for chronic diarrhea was remanded.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an addendum medical opinion.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, anxiety and depressive disorder, is dismissed because the December 2022 Board decision granted service connection based on the same evidence.

The Board dismissed the claims for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability and an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis, denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, and remanded the claims for initial evaluations in excess of 20 percent for lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a neck injury with nerve damage and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety and depression, as secondary to the neck injury.

The Board granted service connection for pancreatic cancer and unspecified depressive disorder, but denied service connection for diabetes, depression, testicular cancer.

The Board denied a rating above 70 percent for major depressive disorder prior to July 28, 2022.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for depressive disorder prior to January 30, 2024, and denied a rating of 20 percent for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran was also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 30, 2024.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder is service-connected as secondary to his right knee degenerative arthritis, and he is granted a TDIU from May 15, 2000 to December 18, 2014.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, adjustment disorder, and major depressive disorder, as there was no credible evidence of a stressor to support a diagnosis of PTSD and no direct link established between any diagnosed condition and service.

The Board denied service connection for MDD and remanded the issue of a compensable evaluation for hypertension.

The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder recurrent moderate without psychosis was granted a 70 percent disability rating from October 15, 2013, to April 16, 2023.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for major depressive disorder, finding no new and material evidence to support an earlier effective date prior to August 6, 2021, and that the evidence did not show symptoms warranting a rating in excess of 70 percent.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder and somatic symptom disorder, and assigned a 70 percent rating for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with mild alcohol use disorder. The claims for increased ratings for the right shoulder strain and IBS were denied.