Depression Board decisions

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete records and failure to substantially comply with prior directives. The Veteran's complete Social Security Administration (SSA) records are needed, as well as efforts to corroborate her in-service stressors related to personal assault. An addendum medical opinion is also required.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder with depression, and a migraine disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD with other specified depressive disorder and bipolar I disorder is denied. The decision was final as the Veteran did not appeal or submit new evidence within the appeal period.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, diagnosed as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, is rated at 70 percent effective October 6, 2020. The TDIU and SMC benefits are also granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have migraines or a psychiatric disability related to service, and his PFB is currently rated as noncompensable. The issues of service connection for migraines, MDD, and an initial compensable rating for PFB are remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for depression, anxiety, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and headaches due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The Veteran's psychiatric condition is being examined again to determine if it is secondary to his service-connected tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss. A VA examination will also be conducted to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed headache condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, anxiety, and depression due to procedural errors in the initial rating decision. The Veteran is seeking service connection based on military sexual trauma (MST).

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of an adequate statement of reasons or bases for the decision. The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for his 70 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder (PDD) based on an arrest and incarceration in December 2017.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder was reopened due to the submission of new VA treatment records within a year of the original denial. The effective date is set at August 6, 2008.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD as there is no diagnosis of PTSD in the medical records, and the Veteran already has service connection for MDD.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for residuals of a head injury with vertigo and depressive disorder, as well as associated migraine disability. The earliest possible effective date is November 11, 2019.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not present a disability picture indicating that he is unemployable. The Board finds the evidence persuasively weighs against his claim for a TDIU.

The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder with hypoactive sexual desire disorder is rated at 70 percent, which grants a higher rating than the initial 50 percent assigned. The effective date for this decision remains unchanged.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that his current psychiatric conditions are related to his active service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder based on military sexual trauma (MST) is granted. The claim for TDIU is also remanded due to the lack of consideration of her acquired psychiatric disorders.

Your appeal has been dismissed because the issue you are appealing was already decided in a previous hearing docket. The service connection for your anxiety and depression has now been granted.

The appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. No service connection decisions have been made for any of the listed conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as the evidence does not show that he has a disability level of hearing loss required for VA purposes.,The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation greater than 10 percent disabling for eosinophilic esophagitis is denied as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for such a rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, due to a need for further development, specifically a VA examination.

The Veteran's depressive disorder due to medical conditions is rated at 70 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted based on the evidence of record.