Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied an increased disability rating of 100 percent for PTSD, persistent depressive disorder, and cannabis use disorder but granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbar degenerative disc disease but denied an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and service connection for generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for the service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, as it results in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for anxiety due to a concurrent election of review options, denied service connection for GERD, and remanded the claim for lumbosacral strain for further evidence.

The Board denied service connection for vertigo and remanded the claim for a psychiatric disability to include insomnia, PTSD, and anxiety due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood but denied service connection for vertigo as secondary to tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically unspecified anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, based on the evidence showing that these conditions were caused by in-service trauma.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for a VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbar spondylosis with degenerative osteoarthritis, depressive disorder due to multiple conditions with tobacco use disorder, and anxiety as they are inextricably intertwined.

The Board denied an initial rating greater than 50 percent for generalized anxiety disorder and remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension.

The appeal for service connection for an anxiety disorder was dismissed, and the appeals for service connection for Parkinson's disease, a respiratory condition (COPD), a heart disability (coronary artery disease), rhinitis, diabetes mellitus, type II (diabetes), right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for an anxiety disability, finding no current diagnosis separate from PTSD. The left shoulder disability was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, due to a procedural error by the agency of original jurisdiction.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, to include other specified anxiety disorder (limited symptom panic attacks), as it requires additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder as the Veteran does not have a currently diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder related to his service.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder due to chronic pain was granted an initial increased rating of 100 percent, and special monthly compensation based on housebound status was also granted.

The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma and stress related disorder, depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder with social phobia based on the evidence showing that these conditions originated during active service.

The Board granted restoration of the 20 percent rating for cervical strain with myositis effective July 14, 2016. The claims for increased ratings for unspecified anxiety disorder and hepatitis C were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to obtain additional evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor and the etiology of his diagnosed conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anxiety with insomnia to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.