Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder, as the previous examination did not adequately address recent reported symptoms.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder prior to December 6, 2023 and an evaluation in excess of 70 percent on or after that date.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and alcohol use disorder as secondary to a psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's stressors and the etiology of his mental health conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a traumatic brain injury, hypertension, anxiety disorder, and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus. The claims for service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, insomnia, and migraines were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD due to MST and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, a scar from hernia surgery, a bowel condition, carpal tunnel syndrome in both upper extremities, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and/or flying anxiety, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are directly related to his active-duty military service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety, or depression, based on credible evidence that the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor occurred.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety, depression, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, right knee condition, left knee condition, and headaches based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and continuous post-service symptoms.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for further development and a new VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hip disability, but remanded claims for a right knee and ankle condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety, heart condition, liver condition, and eosinophilic esophagitis with GERD due to insufficient information and inextricable interwoven issues.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and denied service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with not otherwise specified anxiety disorder due to pre-decisional errors and to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder, effective July 18, 2011.

The Board granted the restoration of a 30 percent disability rating for left knee strain, finding that the AOJ's reduction was improper and void ab initio.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for a penile disability, to include erectile dysfunction. The initial rating in excess of 10 percent for anxiety disorder was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorder as the weight of the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service or any service-connected disability.

The Veteran is granted an effective date of February 15, 2022, for the increased 70 percent evaluation for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).