Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability, claimed as an anxiety condition, to afford the Veteran a new VA contract psychiatric examination.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to depression but denied service connection for an anxiety disorder associated with PTSD as secondary to PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety, and depression, due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired mental health disability, to include anxiety disorder and depression, as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis that conforms to the DSM-5.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The appeal was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of a higher-level review and a Board appeal for the same issues.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for anxiety disorder and depressive disorder, finding that January 9, 2023, is the appropriate effective date.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, MDD, and GAD due to the need for a new VA examination and medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of each diagnosed mental health disorder.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric condition, to include PTSD and major depressive disorder, due to the lack of credible evidence supporting an in-service traumatic stressor. The claim for dizziness was remanded for further development.

The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for PTSD, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a mental condition, variously diagnosed as anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, intermittent explosive disorder, chemical dependency, and insomnia, due to a duty-to-assist error that occurred prior to issuance of the August 2023 rating decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, unspecified mood disorder, and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood based on a corroborated in-service stressor.

The Board dismissed the petitions to readjudicate claims for service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, lower back condition, migraines, and bilateral hearing loss due to procedural errors. The claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including providing notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing and determining whether an examination is necessary.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, sleep apnea, and a tendon condition to schedule examinations to determine their etiology.

The Board remands the claims for higher ratings for an anxiety disorder and migraine headaches due to incomplete service treatment records from after June 2019.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as major depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), based on the Veteran's in-service stressors and the medical evidence.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, other than unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder, as an adequate opinion is necessary to determine its etiology.

The Board denied service connection for obesity and remanded the claims for service connection for PTSD, anxiety, depression, and low back disorder due to inadequate medical examinations.

The Board remands the claim for an initial evaluation more than 30 percent for service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood to correct a duty to assist error related to missing VA treatment records.