Anxiety decisions — 2025

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 rating in excess of 70 percent for other specified anxiety disorder and entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood (claimed as depression disorder and/or PTSD), for a new VA examination that adequately addresses whether the disability is proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected prostate cancer and/or erectile dysfunction.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, GERD, and asthma as they require further development, including obtaining medical opinions.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for hypopigmented macules and denied service connection for hypercholesterolemia, while remanding several other claims for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise the March 2011 rating decision that granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that he met the criteria prior to the specified dates.

The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and service connection, but granted service connection for prostate cancer.

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 appeal for service connection and increased ratings was dismissed due to untimely filing of the notice of disagreement.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbosacral strain, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood chronic, sleepwalker disorder, and lower lumbar extremity radiculopathies. The claims for service connection for PTSD, erectile dysfunction, obstructive sleep apnea, and a TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder based on new evidence.

The Board remands the appeal for an additional examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for anemia, anxiety, trauma from childbirth, fatigue condition, and major sore throat as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied increased ratings for degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted a rating of 40 percent for the Veteran's low back disability but denied a higher rating for generalized anxiety disorder and remanded the claim for service connection for bladder dysfunction as secondary to the low back disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder. The other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood) based on the evidence showing an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding its link to an in-service stressor incident.

The Board granted service connection for other specified anxiety disorder and obstructive sleep apnea, while remanding the claim for a gastrointestinal disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, and moderate recurrent major depression.