Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obsessive compulsive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and remanded the claim for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied an increased rating for bilateral pes planus with bilateral heel pain and remanded the claims for service connection for anxiety and depression.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for major depression with psychosis to schedule a new VA examination.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for chronic frontal/ethmoid sinusitis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The other claims were denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disorder to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection and special monthly compensation, finding no evidence of an increase in disability within one year prior to October 30, 2019.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including depression, anxiety, and PTSD, as further development is needed.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and unspecified bipolar and related disorder based on credible evidence of in-service stressors and continuous symptoms since service.

The Board remands the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for generalized anxiety disorder and service connection for a lumbar disability to correct an error by the AOJ.

The Board denied service connection for an anxiety disorder as there was no evidence of a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder during the pendency or proximate to the filing of the claim.

The appeal for the issue of entitlement to a rating higher than 10 percent for GERD with hiatal hernia and gastritis is dismissed, while an earlier effective date of September 5, 2020, for the grant of service connection for anxiety disorder associated with GERD with hiatal hernia and gastritis is granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from June 4, 2022, to October 2, 2025, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of at least 70 percent for the period prior to July 11, 2022 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), but remanded issues for a rating in excess of 70 percent and total disability due to individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), variously diagnosed as major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, and panic disorder.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and treatment.

The Board denied service connection for deviated nasal septum and bilateral hearing loss, and remanded claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder based on a positive nexus to in-service psychological events and symptoms.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include anxiety, depression, or PTSD, due to the lack of credible and competent evidence showing symptoms during the review period.