Anxiety decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection of psychiatric disorders including major depressive disorder, anxiety, insomnia, and PTSD is remanded. The Board found errors in the VA's duty to assist and ordered a new examination.

The appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety, is remanded. The VA must obtain private medical records.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed because the Veteran's notice of disagreement did not properly identify an appealable adjudicative action and was not timely.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 20, 2010, for service connection of his acquired psychiatric disability. The veteran did not file a claim for service connection before that date.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction, secondary to hypertension, was granted. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, paranoid reaction, and insomnia, was remanded.

The appeals for bilateral hearing loss and Bartholin's abscess were dismissed as withdrawn. Service connection was denied for anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, and right wrist sprain.

The Board remanded the case to obtain a new medical opinion on whether the veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder aggravated his immune suppression or caused an inflammatory condition that led to his death.

The Board remanded the claim for further development to verify if the veteran's injury occurred during inactive duty training.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder and anxiety, has been granted. The Board found that these conditions are proximately due to or the result of service-connected disabilities.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and a back condition. The veteran will receive a VA examination to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions, including hypertension and breast cancer residuals. However, it remanded the claims for uterine leiomyomata (fibroids) and related issues.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disability was denied. The claim for tinnitus was dismissed due to untimely filing. The claim for anxiety was remanded for further examination.

The veteran's service connection for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, and migraines was granted. The claim for posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and intermittent explosive disorder was remanded.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed as moot because it was a duplicate of another appeal.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating of 50% for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood was granted.

The appeal for service connection of psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, depression, and PTSD, is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide the case.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition (including PTSD, anxiety, and depression) and hypertension secondary to a psychiatric condition. The Board needs more evidence to decide these claims.

The veteran is granted an effective date of February 16, 2011 for TDIU and DEA. The veteran is also granted a 50 percent rating for psychiatric disability prior to May 17, 2016, and a 30 percent rating for GERD from May 26, 2018 to September 16, 2020. Other ratings were denied.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and cannabis use disorder due to new and relevant evidence.