Depression Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include persistent depressive disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that these conditions are proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder, secondary to diabetes mellitus type 2, and denied an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for the Veteran's bilateral eye disability.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for major depression and entitlement to TDIU due to incomplete evidence regarding private treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for hemorrhoids and remanded the claims for depression, anxiety, a right-hand disability, and a right forearm disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, to include anxiety and depression, finding that the condition is reasonably shown to be due to or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee and lumbar spine musculoskeletal disabilities.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not demonstrating good cause for an untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year of notification of the February 2023 and March 2023 rating decisions.

The Board granted service connection for a neck scar, dismissed the claim of entitlement to service connection for drug and alcohol abuse, and denied service connection for depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dizziness disorder, fatigue disorder, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, degenerative arthritis, left ankle arthritis, and left foot disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including depressive disorder and/or anxiety, as secondary to left hand cold weather injury residuals due to a lack of medical evidence linking the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms to his service-connected frostbite disabilities.

The Board granted the reinstatement of a 70% rating for an acquired psychiatric disability from June 1, 2023, and denied a higher rating or TDIU.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 26, 2017, for the grant of service connection for PTSD with major depressive and alcohol use disorders.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include persistent depressive disorder, moderate, with anxious distress, due to a need for an adequate medical opinion.

The Veteran's major depressive episode recurrent with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder sustained remission has been granted an earlier effective date of August 17, 2020.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder associated with military sexual trauma, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions originated during active service.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, obstructive sleep apnea, and increased the ratings for PTSD and bilateral shin splints.

The Board denied service connection for depression and denied increased ratings for PTSD with nightmare disorder, both before and after September 6, 2024.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for GERD and denied service connection for sleep apnea, while dismissing the appeals for PTSD, BHL, and left knee condition as untimely. The other claims were remanded.

The Board granted an effective date of August 24, 2021, for a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and denied initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for left knee strain, right knee strain, and lumbosacral strain.

The appeal of the proposed rating reduction for Major Depressive Disorder with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and the ratings for left and right tibia stress fractures were dismissed due to untimely filings.

The Board remands the claims for further development, specifically to determine if the Veteran was exposed to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during service.