Depression — all decisions

The Veteran is granted an effective date of June 2, 2009, for the grant of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder with somatic symptom disorder, and a 100 percent rating for these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, restored the prior 50 percent disability rating for adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety, chronic, with panic attacks, granted a 70 percent initial rating for acquired psychiatric disability, and granted TDIU.

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.

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 Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from February 24, 2012, to September 26, 2012.

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 remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression, as a new medical examination is needed to address the Veteran's ongoing symptoms and diagnoses.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and unspecified bipolar and related disorder based on credible evidence of in-service stressors and continuous symptoms since service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including depression associated with tinnitus, left knee strain, tinnitus, hypertension, and hearing loss, render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and occupational experience.

The Board denied an increased rating for bilateral pes planus with bilateral heel pain and remanded the claims for service connection for anxiety and depression.

The Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder (UDD) prevented him from obtaining or maintaining gainful employment, and he meets the criteria for special monthly compensation based on housebound status as of September 15, 2020.

The Veteran was granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety and depression, as these conditions are not separate from the Veteran's already service-connected PTSD. The Board also denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include GAD and depressive disorder, as well as a cervical spine disability, right wrist pain, and left wrist pain. However, the claims for lumbar spine pain were denied.

The Board granted the effective date of April 5, 2002, for the award of service connection for various disabilities.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the service-connected persistent depressive disorder effective from November 7, 2022, and denied entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.

The appeal for service connection for unspecified depression with anxious distress, moderate (claimed as insomnia) was dismissed. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The lumbosacral strain to include DJD and DDD was remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, as her sleep disturbances and depression were found to be symptoms of her already service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD with associated depression, major depressive disorder, polysubstance dependence, cocaine dependence, alcohol dependence, and a history of heroine dependence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and insomnia, painful right hand laceration scar, right hand laceration scar associated with underlying soft tissue damage, and hypertension.