Depression Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including alopecia, bilateral bunions, wrist and hip disabilities, knee and lower extremity disabilities, depression, back disability, cyst removal of the right hand, plantar fasciitis, and a heart murmur with palpitations, as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression and sleep apnea to provide the Veteran with VA examinations to determine the etiology of these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not show that she was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to her service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder associated with military sexual trauma, finding that the disability originated during active service.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection claims related to bilateral hearing loss, depression, fibromyalgia, headaches, and joint pain of the jaw.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for mixed anxiety and depressive disorder prior to January 24, 2025, and a 100 percent disability rating from January 24, 2025, onward.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to April 29, 2021.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the service-connected PTSD, effective from March 19, 2018.

The Board granted an effective date of August 7, 2021, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and generalized anxiety disorder, as a VA examination is needed to determine if there is a link between the Veteran's service and his current mental health conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, was granted a 100 percent rating due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied an increased rating for major depressive disorder and a TDIU, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not warrant a higher disability rating or render him unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities alone.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, with panic disorder and service connection for cataract, left eye. The hypertension claim was remanded.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, claimed as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, for further development and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to provide a new VA examination and opinion.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including depression and anxiety, was granted.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 11, 2021, for the grant of individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation based on persistent depressive disorder.

The Veteran's irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is granted service connection due to its causal relationship with his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. The other claims for service connection are remanded for further development.

The Board remands the appeal for the AOJ to obtain outstanding VA treatment records from providers seen through the Veterans Choice Program, specifically Inspira Behavioral Care - Cidra.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for migraine headaches was granted, allowing an earlier effective date of March 21, 1997.