Depression Board decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a disability manifested by depression, anxiety, hallucinations, insomnia, loss of concentration, and memory loss to ensure that all necessary evidence is obtained.

The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings for service-connected psychiatric disability and headaches due to pre-decisional failure of the duty to assist based on inadequate evidentiary development and examinations.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety and depression as there was no current diagnosis or persistent symptoms of these conditions.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, effective March 22, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to missing treatment records and a need for additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability to obtain an adequate VA examination.

The Board denied a rating higher than 70 percent for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and a rating higher than 30 percent for HIV-related illness based on the evidence of record.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, for further development and readjudication.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or earlier effective dates.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including psychiatric conditions and physical issues, due to incomplete records from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for persistent depressive disorder and an unspecified anxiety disorder prior to April 18, 2017, and entitlement to a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to April 18, 2017.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that personality disorders are considered congenital or developmental defects and not subject to service connection.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including unspecified depressive disorder and PTSD, was granted.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, depression, anxiety, and insomnia to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The appeal was granted for an earlier effective date of June 9, 2021, for the award of TDIU and DEA based on permanent and total disability status.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety with sleep disturbance, and depression, as well as entitlement to a TDIU, due to new evidence that was not previously considered.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD as the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied a compensable rating for ventral hernia and remanded claims for service connection for depression, increased rating for panulcerative colitis with resection of large intestines, and a compensable rating for abdominal scars.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder with anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance and supports a nexus between the Veteran's current disability and his active-duty service.