Depression Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety, and unspecified sleep-wake disorder, as secondary to service-connected disabilities, including migraine headaches, due to an inadequate medical examination.

The Board remands the case to schedule a VA examination for the Veteran's PTSD with depression as there is uncertainty regarding whether she received proper notice of an exam and/or if it was rescheduled after she indicated unavailability.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder (MDD), as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disability in accordance with the DSM-5.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the increased ratings of 70 percent for unspecified depressive disorder, 60 percent for GERD with esophagitis, and service connection for erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and dismissed the claim for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and major depressive disorder with insomnia. The claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, sleep apnea, vertigo, hypothyroidism, and TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that the evidence shows these conditions are at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's active military service.

The appeal was denied due to the untimely filing of a higher-level review request.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date than June 8, 2009, for service connection for PTSD with depression, both on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) and other grounds.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome and earlier effective dates for several service-connected conditions, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral pes planus and unspecified depressive disorder was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision could be made.

The Veteran's service-connected depression was rated at 50 percent from September 4, 2013, to March 4, 2018, and then increased to 70 percent from March 5, 2018, but denied a rating in excess of 70 percent thereafter.

The appeal was dismissed for untimeliness, and service connection claims were denied or remanded based on the evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding it to be related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted an effective date of October 28, 2009, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD, with generalized anxiety disorder, ADHD, unspecified depressive disorder, and opiate use disorder.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder (claimed as depression) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, other specified depression disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder based on the Veteran's in-service stressors.

The appeal of the claim for service connection for adjustment disorder anxiety and depression, acute as secondary to status post right hernia repair was dismissed due to a prohibited concurrent election under the modernized review system.

The appeal for a TDIU due to service-connected conditions is remanded for the Veteran to be provided with a formal hearing in accordance with VA regulations.