Depression Board decisions

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating for depressive disorder with mixed features of anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sinusitis, while denying service connection for other conditions. It also granted a 50 percent rating for migraines associated with a TBI.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder, as the evidence of record does not support a finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and major depression, finding that these conditions were incurred in service.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected conditions, except for a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve) and left lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve), which was granted from January 21, 2020, to October 11, 2020. The Board also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and insomnia disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include depression, mood swings, and sleep disorder, as a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error occurred when the AOJ did not provide a VA examination on this issue.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral foot disorders, a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss, a compensable disability rating for migraine headache disorder, and a higher 70 percent disability rating for depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety, neurobehavioral effects, Barrett's esophagus, a kidney condition, and a liver condition due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 27, 2009, for the award of service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and major depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, for a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for an eye disability, a disability manifesting in abnormal weight loss, and increased ratings for depressive disorder with anxious distress, scarring alopecia and scarring, and painful, residual scars associated with scarring alopecia. The Board also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder, recurrent episode, severe, with psychotic features due to its onset during the Veteran's second period of active-duty service.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for depression and alcohol abuse, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this matter.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression, lumbosacral strain, and an increased rating for left knee strain to ensure adequate development of the record.

The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with Anxious Distress is caused or aggravated by his service-connected Helicobacter Pylori with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 27, 2007, for the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, as the evidence supports that these conditions began during a period of active duty for training (ADT) in June 2018.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error and the need to verify toxic exposure at Fort McClellan.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for generalized anxiety disorder with persistent depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas during the entire period on appeal.