Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include other specified trauma and stressor disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, is dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including adjustment disorder with anxiety, right ear hearing loss, and hip disorders, but granted a separate 10 percent rating for tinnitus.

The appeal for service connection for OSA and DM II was dismissed, as the finding of a difference of opinion related to these issues provided in the January 18, 2023, rating decision was not an adverse action. The effective date for the grant of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder could not be earlier than July 27, 2021, and a compensable disability rating for tinea pedis was denied.

The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for anxiety was withdrawn by the Veteran through his representative.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically an unspecified anxiety disorder, for further development and a more adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for acquired psychiatric disabilities, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability and headaches is remanded due to incomplete VA treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, unspecified anxiety disorder, and depression, based on the Veteran's credible lay testimony regarding a helicopter incident during service.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes, OSDD, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy associated with diabetes. The claim for meningitis was denied.

The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities for further development, including obtaining new medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for anxiety disorder, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent prior to January 2, 2019, and 30 percent from January 2, 2019.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD and anxiety was dismissed as moot.

The appeal for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with insomnia disorder was dismissed, and the Board granted an initial disability evaluation of 20 percent for the right foot disability.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder renders him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to schedule a new VA examination with a psychiatrist or other appropriate medical professional.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for all issues, and the Board dismissed the case.

The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for the Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and denied an increased rating greater than 10 percent for his sleep disorder, to include insomnia.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for anxiety and depressive disorders, but granted a more favorable effective date for right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for anxiety due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.