Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for chronic left wrist strain and right wrist strain, but denied service connection for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and bilateral shin splints.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and denied service connection for PTSD, as well as a higher rating for the right knee disability.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as anxiety disorder with substance use disorder, and increased the rating for ulnar nerve disability to 60 percent. However, PTSD was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee chondromalacia and a compensable rating for an unspecified anxiety disorder.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and initial rating of several conditions, including CREST scleroderma, Raynaud's phenomenon, generalized anxiety disorder, and tachycardia.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve in both lower extremities and a psychiatric disorder, but denied service connection for Raynaud's disease, muscle pain, degenerative arthritis, peripheral neuropathy of the ulnar and musculocutaneous nerves in both upper extremities, squamous cell carcinoma, and migraines.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 28, 2021, for the award of service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity diabetic neuropathies.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and right shoulder labral tear, including superior labral anterior-posterior lesion.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for thyroid cancer, nerves (claimed as anxiety/mood swings), and sleep apnea.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 9, 2018, for the grant of service connection for acquired psychiatric disabilities.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and whether new and relevant evidence has been submitted to readjudicate the claim of entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to deficiencies in prior VA examinations.

The appeals for service connection for an anxiety disorder and major depression were dismissed as the Veteran is already service-connected for PTSD, which covers his symptoms of anxiety and depression. The appeal for a higher rating for PTSD was denied.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 15, 2022, for the award of service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for Unspecified Anxiety Disorder as the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board granted an evaluation of 70 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, back pain, dizziness, headaches, and hypertension, as well as a higher rating for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, depressive reaction, and obstructive sleep apnea. The claims for hypokalemia, bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, diabetic vision loss, and paralysis of the external popliteal nerve were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety, finding that the evidence does not support a current diagnosis of an anxiety disorder related to military service.