Depression Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder as secondary to service-connected tinnitus and denied service connection for insomnia. The claims for a left and right foot disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder and major depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss and remanded claims for PTSD, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, memory loss, colon polyps, neck pain, lower back pain, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error, as no medical opinion was obtained regarding the Veteran's mental health conditions.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder from May 5, 2023, but denied an increased rating in excess of 50 percent prior to that date and a compensable rating for post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder, to obtain a more adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities, but granted a 70 percent rating for his psychiatric disability from November 10, 2021.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for chronic bronchitis, PTSD, major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder and traumatic brain injury/post-concussional syndrome, and GERD.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, and unspecified mood disorder due to incomplete or inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), and tinnitus due to a need for additional development of evidence.

The appeal for service connection for major depressive disorder was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for any acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and/or depressive disorder, due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety, adjustment disorder, depression, insomnia disorder, and PTSD, due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for major depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms more closely aligned with the criteria for a 30 percent rating.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder, single episode, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer.

The Board denied an effective date prior to February 8, 2018, for the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD) because there was no evidence that the Veteran submitted a formal or informal claim for MDD prior to this date.

The Board remands the claim for an increased initial rating for major depressive disorder, with anxious distress, recurrent, moderate, to allow VA to obtain additional psychiatric records.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis on an aggravation basis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from attending to the needs of nature, caring for himself, or protecting himself from the hazards of his environment, thus granting special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder effective December 20, 2021, and also granted service connection for left ear hearing loss.