Depression Board decisions

The Board is remanding the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition due to insufficient evidence and a need for a medical examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an anxiety condition and depression/insomnia due to a lack of evidence showing current diagnoses of these conditions.

The Board granted an effective date of July 20, 2020 for the 70 percent disability rating for persistent depressive disorder but denied a higher rating and earlier effective dates for both conditions.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with persistent depressive disorder and anxiety, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder symptoms warrant a 50 percent disability rating, but no higher, from May 18, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, as secondary to a service-connected disability for further development.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress from July 7, 2021, through August 27, 2022, but denied ratings in excess of 50 percent and 70 percent thereafter.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as depression, due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 10, 2021, for a 100 percent rating for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and special monthly compensation based on housebound status.

The Board remands the claim to obtain records from the Gessler clinic and any other facility the Veteran identifies that he received treatment for his service-connected major depressive disorder (MDD).

The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder (MDD), recurrent, with unspecified anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder from February 27, 2023, but denied a higher rating. The service connection for mixed anxiety disorder was dismissed.

The Board denied an effective date prior to January 2, 2019 for the award of service connection for major neurocognitive disorder and unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to a service-connected cerebral infarction.

The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder and service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability due to missing records from the Shreveport VAMC.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for bipolar disorder with anxious distress and depression, as well as chondromalacia patella (claimed as right leg stress fracture), due to pre-decisional errors and a lack of proper notice for VA examinations.

The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of March 3, 2021, for the evaluation of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and panic attacks.

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, effective January 22, 2024.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for anxiety with depression and insomnia from October 9, 2023, but denied a compensable rating for migraines prior to November 9, 2023. A 50 percent rating was also granted for migraines from November 9, 2023, to December 18, 2023, and the claim for a compensable rating for migraine from December 19, 2023, was denied.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for depression, restored the rating of 40% for degenerative disc disease of the spine, and granted a 30% rating for dyspepsia and unspecified abdominal pain from March 1, 2024.