Anxiety
Across 4,105 real Board appeals for Anxiety
69% were granted, partly granted, or remanded.
A denial is often not the end — remands are sent back for more development and frequently end in a grant.
- Granted 20%
- Partly granted 20%
- Remanded 28%
- Denied 23%
What tends to win
Among the appeals that were granted or partly granted, the most common ways Anxiety was linked to service:
- Direct service connection1,290
- Secondary to another service-connected condition156
- Reopened with new & material evidence120
How it’s rated, in practice
When Anxiety was granted, the rating most often assigned was:
- 100% (388)
- 70% (219)
- 50% (93)
- 30% (63)
- 10% (36)
Presumptive & exposure paths
These appeals involved a recognized exposure — which can mean the link to service is presumed, with no nexus to prove:
- Gulf War47
- PACT Act31
- Agent Orange / herbicides19
- Camp Lejeune water13
- Burn pits & airborne hazards5
Real decisions
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for the veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), finding that the Veteran's reported in-service incidents were consistent with his military duties and resulted in current diagnoses of PTSD and GAD.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 9, 2022, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, other specified depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a mental health condition, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back injury, and bilateral knee disabilities, also as secondary to the service-connected back injury.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, based on the evidence showing that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's condition began in service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and GAD, as well as tinnitus.
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