Depression Board decisions

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability. The Veteran's claim will be reviewed again with additional evidence considered.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) prior to September 26, 2020. The decision was based on evidence showing the veteran could perform sedentary work and was gainfully employed until October 31, 2014.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and anxiety), right knee disability, left knee disability, and low back disability. The Board needs more medical evidence to decide these claims.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD, major depression, anxiety, and affective disorder. The veteran will receive a VA examination to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD, major depressive disorder, anxious distress, and insomnia disorder was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities are severe enough to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, so he is granted total disability due to individual unemployability.

The appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disability is remanded. The VA must conduct an examination to determine the nature and cause of the claimed condition.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a link to military service.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities. The decision is based on the Veteran's inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of a psychiatric disorder and TMJ, requiring further examination.

The appeal was dismissed because the veteran passed away before a decision could be made.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 8, 2022, for a 70% disability rating increase for major depressive disorder. The evidence did not show that the condition had increased in severity before this date.

The veteran's appeals for service connection for depression and generalized anxiety disorder were dismissed because the veteran withdrew his appeal.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for depressive disorder (also claimed as PTSD) was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.

The veteran's disability rating for major depressive disorder was increased to 70% effective May 2, 2012.

The proposed reduction of the Veteran's lumbosacral strain evaluation was dismissed. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability was granted, but other conditions were denied.

Service connection for PTSD and PDD with panic attacks is granted due to in-service stressors.

The veteran's claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to major depressive disorder is granted.

The veteran's request for a higher rating for tension headaches and major depressive disorder was denied, but they were granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board remanded all issues to correct a duty to assist error. The Veteran's surviving spouse will be given notice of her right to a hearing and the claims will be readjudicated.