Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, and remanded claims for a psychiatric disability, memory loss disorder, tinnitus, and peripheral vestibular disorder with vertigo.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board remands the claim for an addendum medical opinion that addresses the rationale of the private psychologist who provided evaluations in July 2018, October 2022, and October 2024.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder, and right knee patellar tendonitis. The issues of entitlement to service connection for a right lower extremity disability and left lower extremity disability were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication, as it provided an inadequate statement of reasons or bases for its findings.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, as there was no evidence showing that these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is granted an initial rating of 70 percent, and not higher.

The Board remands the matter to obtain a new medical opinion on the severity of the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder over the course of the appeal period from August 2011.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) as the Veteran's symptoms were found to be no worse than occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression and anxiety due to outstanding medical records and unverified dates of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the November 2022 VA examination opinion is inadequate.

The appeal for service connection for anxiety disorder was withdrawn by the Veteran, and thus the Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral foot disability, right and left lower side groin muscle injuries but granted service connection for an anxiety disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of June 14, 2023, for a 70 percent rating for general anxiety disorder but denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection.

The Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder has caused occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, and his service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 50 percent for unspecified personality disorder and entitlement to TDIU due to the need for further development, including an examination to clarify the diagnoses and symptoms associated with the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorders.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, alcohol dependence, anxiety, bipolar disorder, adjustment disorder, and possible personality disorder, as the current VA medical opinion is found inadequate.

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder alone prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and an effective date of November 9, 2019, for the award of a TDIU is granted.

The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied or remanded claims for other disabilities.