Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for muscle pain in the left arm, lower back, and left shoulder, as well as an unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include panic disorder and adjustment disorder with anxiety, as a remand is warranted in order to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and obtain an adequate etiological opinion.

The Board granted service connection for other specified anxiety disorder and readjudicated the claim of entitlement to service connection for a lower back disability. The claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, neck, left ankle, left knee, and right knee disabilities were dismissed or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including insomnia disorder with adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, due to the lack of evidence showing a current diagnosis. The claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) and shin splints were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety, depression, and PTSD due to a duty to assist error in not obtaining relevant private medical records.

The Board remands the matter for an additional addendum opinion to address the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disorder, including whether it is related to service and any in-service stressors.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, scar on the Veteran's head, TBI and residuals, and memory loss associated with the TBI.

The appeal for an increased evaluation for anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified is dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.

The appeal for service connection for adjustment disorder, also claimed as anxiety and paranoid reaction, was dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, dismissed the appeal for a TDIU effective February 22, 2012 as moot, and denied entitlement to a TDIU prior to February 22, 2012.

The Board granted service connection for an anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence is at least approximately balanced in establishing that it was incurred during active service.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed substantially and materially to his death.

The Board granted an effective date of August 9, 2021 for service connection for anxiety and left and right sciatic nerve diabetic neuropathy due to the VA's failure to timely notify the Veteran that his original application was incomplete.

The Board granted service connection for an anxiety condition and depression, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and an initial rating of 10 percent for migraine headaches, while denying increased ratings for patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee and lumbosacral strain.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an unspecified anxiety disorder to obtain a more detailed medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), finding that the Veteran's MDD and GAD are related to his active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma, high blood pressure, and an anxiety condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain VA medical nexus opinions.

The Board remands the case for an additional VA examination to assess the current severity and manifestations of the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability.