BVA Decisions on Depression
154 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving depression. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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Case 11-2349 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated August 10,2012SCHOELEN, Judge :The appellant, Mark McClellan III ,appeals through counsel a June 22, 2011,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1)determined new and material evidence h...
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Case 24-4659 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacated August 29,2025On May 10,2024,the Board denied disability ratings for MDD with anxious distress in excess of 10%for the period from August 10,2015,to November 14,2018; in excess of 50%for the per...
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Case 12-2616 — Remanded / Reversed / Vacated May 21,2014Osowiecki and, on remand,the Board determined the RO decision to be void ab initio,and the 10%was restored,effective April 1, 1969....
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Case 19-0001 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 7,2021A May 2009 private nexus opinion notes that [d]ue to the impossibility to use [the right] arm Mr....
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Case 23-6651 — Affirmed August 21,2024In the October 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to benefits for degenerative arthritis;lumbosacral disc degeneration with herniated disc and moderate stenosis a...
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Case 18-1103 — Vacated / Remanded May 29,2020The examiner also noted that the appellant had described the severity of his PTSD as mild,but the examiner gave the appellant the benefit of the doubt that his symptoms wax and wan...
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Case 11-3732 — Affirmed / Remanded July 9,2013The Board denied disability compensation for headaches,noting that (1)evidence demonstrating headaches in service related the headaches to the appellant's sinus problems, and the a...
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Case 24-1022 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded June 30,2025The Board noted that neither the veteran nor his representative alleged any error with VA's duty to assist or a lack of substantial compliance with the September 2022 Board remand ...
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Case 15-2585 — Vacated / RemandedThis matter was referred to a panel of the Court, with oral argument,to address the circumstances under which the duty to assist requires VA,in a claim for service connection for a...
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Case 23-5618 — Affirmed November 25,2024McDonough ,the appellant argues that remand is required for the Board to use the correct test for 'employment in a protected environment,'that his employment did or did not shield ...
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Case 14-3126 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 16,2015As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because VA had conducted all development necessary to substantiate the claims....
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Case 23-5486 — Unknown March 31,2025In April 2021,the Board remanded the case for an additional medical opinion, noting that the October 2020 medical opinion did not address the questions posed in the Board's remand ...
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Case 12-1845 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded March 20,2014For the reasons that follow,the Court will reverse the Board's finding that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence sufficient to reopen his 1 The Board referred to a ...
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Case 23-2829 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 30,2024However,after weighing the evidence,the Board found the veteran's contemporaneous statements at separation from service,which denied headaches and muscle pain,to be more credible t...
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Case 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 1, 1996In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
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Case 22-5983 — Affirmed December 12,2023Parties'Arguments The appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases because the Board did not sufficiently consider the January 2016...
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Case 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed January 31,2017Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
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Case 01-345 — Vacated June 27, 2003STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, through counsel, seeks review of a November 17, 2000, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that concluded that new and materia...
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Case 17-3598 — Vacated / Remanded May 8,2019Wisgo , through counsel,appeals a June 13,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for an inguinal hernia and back disability....
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Case 21-2635 — Vacated / Remanded July 26,2022The RO advised the appellant that [e]fforts to obtain [his] service treatment records from all potential sources were unsuccessful and that [t]he [NPRC]reported that the records ma...
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Case 23-0038 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded June 28,2024In response to a claim received on March 15,2018, 4 a VA regional office (RO) denied service connection for both diabetes and anxiety based on a lack of new and material evidence,a...
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Case 23-4298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 30,2024Additionally,the Board awarded disability compensation for pseudofolliculitis barbae and found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for disability com...
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Case 94-661 — Reversed / Vacated March 7, 1997In order to conduct meaningful research, the veteran must provide the "who, what, where[,] and when" of each stressor....
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Case 95-984 — Unknown June 14, 2001Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) affirmed the Court's decision that the November 1972 VARO decision did not contain CUE, but remanded the matter to determ...
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Case 21-7788 — Vacated / Remanded April 18,2023The RO also denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and explained that the evidence submitted in connection with the current cla...
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Case 18-1440 — Affirmed December 10,2019The RO also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for disability compensation for a personality disorder,previously claimed as a mental...
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Case 23-527 — Vacated / Remanded July 31,2024A separate medical opinion completed by the same psychologist provided a negative nexus and stated that the [e]xaminer sees no evidence of [m]emory [l]oss....
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Case 97-1534 — Vacated February 17, 1999STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, veteran Joe Elkins, appeals through counsel a May 6, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) that determined that new and m...
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Case 03-0221 — Affirmed / Remanded July 27, 2007Ellison's request for revision on the basis that the 1971 Board failed to consider the possible application of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU),...
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Case 21-5718 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 31,2022For the following reasons,the Court will vacate the Board's decision to the extent that the Board failed to address the reasonably raised issue of entitlement to secondary service ...
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Case 21-3379 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 18,2022Following the examination,VA sought an additional medical opinion,explaining that the prior examiner also noted a diagnosis of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH),a condition that i...
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Case 08-3802 — Affirmed November 8,2010Because the Board's findings that VA complied with its duty to assist and provided adequate medical examinations were not clearly erroneous,and because the Board provided an adequa...
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Case 10-2753 — Affirmed / Vacated March 27,2012Weasel were not credible and that VA's duty to assist did not require it to provide him with a medical examination,and because Mr....
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Case 12-2012 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated January 30,2014The appellant averred that the veteran submitted new and material evidence within the one-year appeal period and that VA had failed to adjudicate the claim on the merits....
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Case 21-3087 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 16,2022The matter 3 returned to the Board in April 2009,and the Board denied the appellant's claim for benefits for a low back disability....
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Case 22-411 — Vacated / Remanded May 31,2023Campbell , through counsel,appeals a September 26,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)a lumbar spine disability;(2)a ...
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Case 14-2165 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded October 21,2016Fernandez appeals a June 24,2014,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision wherein the Board determined that the character of his discharge from his period of service from March 19...
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Case 23-6949 — Unknown October 31,2024In the remand instructions,the Board noted that regarding the appellant's physical assault, the examiner should indicate whether any behavioral changes that occurred at or close in...
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Case 23-4310 — Vacated / Remanded November 14,2024The Board found that neither the October 2020 nor the November 2020 examiner had adequately addressed whether VA had acted carelessly or negligently by not properly numbing the inc...
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Case 22-491 — Unknown March 3,20233 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases supporting its findings denying service connection for both a psychiatric disability and OSA, and be...
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Case 22-4979 — Unknown February 27,2024Benton signed an application for expeditious discharge,acknowledging that the medical board found him, because of disability,unfit for retention,and that he waived his right to rev...
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Case 23-3920 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 24,2024The RO and the Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the back claim....
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Case 17-3135 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 12,2018The examiner also concluded that the appellant's in-service back muscle strain and muscle spasm had resolved without residuals,and that such conditions did not cause and were not r...
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Case 23-4291 — Vacated / Remanded December 30,2024The Board found that [t]he [v]eteran's PTSD more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, and the Board noted that his symp...
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Case 18-2844 — Affirmed July 12,2019Parties'Arguments The appellant argues that the Board erred when it determined that his statements describing the alleged MST were not credible and accordingly declined to afford h...
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Case 09-3727 — Affirmed March 10,2011Lay Testimony The appellant argues that the Board failed to consider credible lay evidence with regard to his service-connection claims for left knee disability,depression,back pai...
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Case 24-2039 — Unknown May 7,2025The Secretary concedes the Board erred in denying a TDIU....
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Case 23-4881 — Unknown January 30,2025In his initial brief,the appellant argued that in dismissing his claims,the Board failed to comply with the Court's January 2023 remand instructions and thus left his claims unreso...
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Case 19-8155 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed September 2,2020In his informal brief, the appellant does not challenge the Board's denial of an earlier effective date for the award of benefits of bilateral instability of the knees,or the Board...
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Case 22-7345 — Vacated / Remanded December 28,2023The examiner opined that the veteran's sleep apnea was not related to any type of [G]ulf [W]ar exposure event and that the condition was more likely caused by obesity....
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Case 09-3181 — Vacated / Affirmed July 27,2011Because the Board failed to ensure compliance with its September 2007 remand order regarding Mr....
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Case 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated June 8, 2009Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
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Case 93-388 — Affirmed / Vacated December 13, 1994Duran, appeals from a January 28, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that since he had failed to submit new and material evidence rega...
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Case 93-644 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 14, 1995In February 1987, the RO confirmed its October 1986 denial of service connection for heart disease, finding that the evidence submitted was "not new and material"....
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Case 17-4733 — Vacated / Remanded June 26,2019Mizell ,through counsel,appeals an August 17,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for the appellant's post-traumatic stress ...
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Case 15-4758 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed February 14,2017The Board also granted the appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus and assigned a disability rating of 10%and reopened and remanded his claim...
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Case 20-4336 — Affirmed October 29,2021To the extent the Board denied a rating higher than 20%,the appellant does not raise any argument concerning that matter,and the Court will also dismiss the appeal as to that aband...
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Case 19-2640 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated April 16,2021at 79,and he contended that when assigning the effective date VA had failed to consider and correctly apply 38 C....
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Case 18-6734 — Affirmed December 3,2019In the decision here on appeal the Board denied service connection for each of the claimed conditions....
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Case 22-1013 — Unknown February 28,2023The examiner therefore opined that the veteran's bilateral hand pain was less likely than not related to his in- service complaints....
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Case 11-2889 — Affirmed May 13,2013Specifically,the Board denied (1)the PTSD claim because there was no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD (R....
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Case 23-7340 — Unknown April 10,2025Hughes sustained to his head and neck 2 Case:23-7340 Page: 3 of 21 Filed:04/10/2025 in August 1965 were not service connected because he did not enter active service until February...
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Case 21-4066 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded October 19, 2022In the May 2021 decision here on appeal, the Board denied Mr....
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Case 06-488 — Vacated May 21, 2008HAGEL, Judge : Andrew Estrada-Medina appeals through counsel a December 30, 2005, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for post-...
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Case 23-5480 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded December 30,2024The Board also found that new and material evidence had not been received and therefore declined to reopen a previously denied claim for disability compensation for an acquired psy...
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Case 22-0960 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed January 23,2023Later that month,VA simply found that no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen a previously denied head injury claim....
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Case 93-1111 — Affirmed / Vacated / Reversed / Remanded June 26, 1995A February 2, 1988, VA letter, notifying the veteran that her appeal period had expired and that new and material evidence was needed to reopen her claim, was sent to her at the Wa...
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Case 09-4670 — Vacated / Remanded September 30,2011Ventura ,appeals through counsel a November 5,2009,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found new and material evidence had been received to reopen a claim for entitlemen...
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Case 21-8248 — Unknown January 4,2023In a July 2017 rating decision,the RO declined to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder,claimed as nerves, depression,anxiety,and post-trauma...
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Case 22-7156 — Unknown February 9,2024Reyes-Gonzalez's depression was not related to service and the RO denied service connection for PTSD based on insufficient evidence of an in-service stressor....
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Case 20-8665 — Vacated / Remanded November 15,2021(1)a current disability,(2)incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury in service,and (3)a nexus between the claimed in-service injury or disease and the current disability....
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Case 20-5175 — Affirmed July 16,2021The Board found that the July 2018 and October 2018 private and VA examiners, respectively,found that Mr....
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Case 95-232 — Reversed October 1, 1996An August 1986 RO decision stated that "no new and material evidence [had been] submitted which would warrant reversal of prior denial....
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Case 14-0334 — Vacated / Remanded October 19,2015On November 8,2013,the Board denied the appellant entitlement to service connection for (1)a psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and (2)a depressive disorder with mixed anxiety fe...
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Case 20-4504 — Unknown January 31,2022PIETSCH, Judge :The appellant,Robert Rentfrow, through counsel,appeals a March 5, 2020,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied (1)a disability rating i...
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Case 16-1052 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated July 6, 20174 The Board noted that,at her separation examination,Ms....
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Case 14-4007 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed September 1,2015Among other things,the Board denied the appellant's claims for disability compensation for bilateral cervical radiculopathy,dry eye syndrome,and a left knee disorder (other than sh...
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Case 21-4580 — Unknown February 9,20233 Because the September 2019 and September 2020 VA medical opinions on which the Board relied are inadequate,and because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reason...
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Case 19-6325 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 30,2021The appellant argues that (1)VA failed to evaluate his conditions on an extraschedular basis;(2)VA failed to consider his headaches condition in relation to his 1999 application fo...
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Case 09-1145 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 18,2009Service-Connection Claims Establishing service connection generally requires (1)medical evidence of a current disability;(2)medical or,in certain circumstances, lay evidence of inc...