Depression — all decisions

The Board denied increased ratings for fibromyalgia, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis, and denied a 100 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder. The claims for service connection were remanded.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to unverified periods of active duty and missing service treatment records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, depression, cervical cancer, a right knee condition, and a left knee condition due to missing service treatment records and personnel files.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection and rating claims, resulting in the dismissal of each claim.

The Board denied service connection for depressive disorder and left hip pain, but granted service connection for lumbar left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for diabetic retinopathy, chronic kidney disease, a heart disability, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, a colon disability, major depressive disorder, and diabetes mellitus, type 2. The claims for PTSD, chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, type 2, and hypertension were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder with mixed features due to another medical condition, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for various conditions and reduced his evaluation, as the appeals were not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, finding a relationship to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and erectile dysfunction due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to obesity secondary to a service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, denied an increased rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right shoulder, left shoulder, right knee, left knee, right wrist, left wrist, lung condition, mental health condition (anxiety and depression), thoracolumbar spine, cervical spine, plantar fasciitis, and migraine due to a lack of evidence supporting current disabilities.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the case.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder with moderate anxious distress to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for major depressive disorder and dismissed the appeals for increased rating of migraine headaches and service connection for a right elbow disability, while remanding claims for erectile dysfunction and neck condition.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder of generalized anxiety disorder and depressive disorder, as secondary to the service-connected left ankle disability. Service connection was also granted for pseudofolliculitis barbae, and a 20 percent rating was assigned for left ankle achilles tendonitis from October 23, 2023.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD and depression, and tension headaches due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted an effective date of September 10, 2021, for the award of a 70 percent rating and TDIU due to service-connected depressive disorder with anxiety disorder.