The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected depressive neurosis was denied. The appeal is not about the back disability, and thus no rating or effective date is assigned.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the major depressive disorder does not prevent the veteran from obtaining or holding a job, indicating occupational impairment but not total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive neurosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0819127
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the denial of readjudication of entitlement to service connection for depression, depressive neurosis is dismissed due to a Notice of Disagreement being duplicative of an earlier one.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive neurosis, also claimed as depression/anxiety.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to outstanding records, including VA and private treatment records, as well as SSA disability determination records. The Veteran is also being asked to provide any additional information regarding his treatment.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to a duty to assist error in not obtaining private treatment records from the Veteran's psychiatrist. The issues are related to rating and TDIU for depressive neurosis.
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