Depression Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen a previously denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and also denied entitlement to TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board found that the veteran's depression was not related to his service-connected left ankle disability and denied the claim.

The Board denied service connection for major depression and a right knee disorder, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's period of active service. The claims for a right eye disorder, cluster headaches, and tinnitus were remanded for further development.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder and nervous disorder were reopened, but an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a total abdominal hysterectomy, right mastectomy, bone pain secondary to Tamoxifen for breast cancer, and depression, are of such severity as to preclude her from participating in any regular substantially gainful employment.

The appeal was dismissed due to the veteran's death.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.

The veteran's major depressive disorder was incurred during service and has continued since then, warranting service connection.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder is of moderate severity and does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent. The veteran is also not unemployable as a result of his service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's initial rating for major depression was denied as the evidence did not support a higher than 30 percent rating.

The veteran's major depressive disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder is granted a 70 percent rating, as the evidence shows occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The veteran's service-connected depression is not shown to be more than mild in severity, warranting a rating of 10 percent and no higher.

The veteran's PTSD with major depressive disorder was not shown to be more severe than 50 percent disabling prior to December 13, 2004.

The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, impairment of the right lower extremity, major depressive disorder, bilateral hearing loss, left ring finger arthralgia, and dermatitis. However, it granted service connection for tinnitus.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA psychiatric examination.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the veteran's claimed in-service personal assaults and their impact on her mental health.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for depression, a deviated septum, and a right knee disability as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the veteran's military service or secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.

The veteran's anxiety and depressive disorder are not productive of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, to warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The veteran was granted a 70 percent initial rating for depressive disorder with anxiety, effective from October 15, 2003. Other claims were denied or not addressed.