Depression Board decisions

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from May 31, 2017, and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need of regular aid and attendance.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem (claimed as chronic rash) because the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for depression with anxiety as there was no evidence of a current psychiatric disability that met DSM-5 criteria.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left ear hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and substance induced mood disorder, are remanded for further development.

The appeal for a higher rating of persistent depressive disorder is remanded to obtain additional medical records and a new examination.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for service-connected major depressive disorder, with insomnia disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, and unspecified personality disorder, as well as entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to schedule a VA examination due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's condition.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and depression, due to inadequate medical opinion and missing service treatment records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for various conditions, including migraine headaches and a thoracolumbar spine disability.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for major depressive disorder from December 15, 2015 to July 26, 2021, but denied a higher rating.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a mental health condition as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a link to service.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder, with anxious distress and remanded the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee joint osteoarthritis and patellofemoral pain syndrome and entitlement to service connection for shin splints as secondary to the service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for knee strain flexion in both knees and major depressive disorder with anxious distress, but denied service connection for asthma and prolactinoma. The Board also denied higher ratings for the Veteran's knee strain extension and right lower radiculopathy.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating, extension of temporary total rating, service connection for anxiety and major depression, and TDIU. The claim for service connection for a right ankle condition was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and alcohol use disorder, due to inadequate evidence and need for further development of the record.

The Board dismissed the issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for depressive disorder with insomnia, service connection for left and right ankle disabilities, and service connection for left CTS due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, adjustment insomnia, and migraine headaches but denied it for sleep apnea.

The Veteran is granted an effective date of March 25, 2006, for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with depressed mood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.