Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychological disorder (to include PTSD and anxiety) to schedule a VA examination.

The Board remands the issues of an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and entitlement to TDIU prior to September 8, 2018, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder prior to June 18, 2021, and an initial rating in excess of 70 percent on and after that date.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for anxiety.

The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD, GAD, MDD, and panic disorder as the Veteran did not demonstrate total occupational and social impairment due to these conditions.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 40 percent for bilateral hearing loss and a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus. The claims for service connection for various disabilities, including psychiatric conditions, lumbosacral spine disability, sleep apnea, pulmonary disease, esophageal issues, ulcers, intestinal problems, thyroid disorders, vertigo, headaches, TDIU, and special monthly compensation were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, remanding some issues for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety and depression, due to incomplete service treatment records and the need for a new medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder, anxiety, major depression, and sleep disturbances as there is no current disability of these conditions that are distinct from the Veteran's already service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral ankle, left elbow, and eczema disabilities.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety, prior to April 20, 2023, and denied a rating in excess of 70 percent from that date.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety and a compensable initial disability rating for allergic rhinitis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were already encompassed by his service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder.

The Board remands the case to obtain the Veteran's Social Security disability records.

The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive and anxiety disorder prior to May 19, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, a psychiatric disability (anxiety and/or crying at night), and sleep apnea as there was no competent evidence of current diagnoses or credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and adjustment disorder with anxiety, due to a need for additional evidence and examination.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, which includes generalized anxiety disorder and acute schizophrenia.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, mood disorder, and anxiety but granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left ankle disabilities and pes planus. The Board also granted initial 20 percent disability ratings for the Veteran's sciatica nerve conditions in the right and left lower extremities.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection of multiple conditions, including bipolar disorder, PTSD, chronic depression, chronic anxiety, sleep disorder, degenerative disc disease, left knee meniscal tear, and substance abuse-alcohol.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety and a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss due to missing treatment records from Kaiser Permanente.