Depression — all decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and substance/alcohol use disorders, due to inadequate VA examination and missing Vet Center records.

The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, with anxious distress, alone prevented him from obtaining or maintaining gainful employment.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with psychotic features, alcohol use disorder, unspecified cannabis use disorder, and stimulant use disorder but denied an increased rating for right ankle fracture residuals and osteoarthritis. The claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus and migraines were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as additional development is necessary to satisfy specific statutory requirements.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and TDIU, and remanded the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due solely to his service-connected major depressive disorder (MDD) for the period from February 19, 2019 onward and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate from February 19, 2019 to September 4, 2022.

The Board's September 4, 2025 decision was vacated due to a failure to address clear and unmistakable error arguments, depriving the Veteran of due process.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, a right knee disability, and a low back disability but denied the claims for an earlier effective date for hypertension and distal lateral surgical scar of the right long finger, depression, bilateral hearing loss, and a right elbow disability. The Veteran was also granted an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 25, 2017, for the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder with mood congruent psychotic features.

The Board denied the motion to revise or reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) a September 13, 2023 rating decision that granted service connection for PTSD, MDD, and insomnia disorder effective from March 1, 2021.

The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder is granted a 100 percent rating from June 28, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current diagnosis consistent with the DSM-5.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild, with anxious distress, under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to address the Veteran's lay statements regarding the severity and functional impact of his psychiatric symptoms.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for neurobehavioral effects and unspecified depressive disorder, to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder, but denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for dermatosis of the bilateral hands.

The Board denied the Veteran's entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, finding that the proper effective date is February 13, 2023.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired mental health condition, including PTSD, major depressive disorder (MDD), and anxiety due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to a lack of evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressors and no current diagnosis of PTSD.