Anxiety decisions — 2025

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anxiety and sleep problems to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to the Gulf War General Medical Examination.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include a depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, as secondary to the veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the extension of time allowed to submit a request for review and an earlier effective date for service connection for anxiety, as well as remanded the initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral spine degenerative arthritis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include fear of flying anxiety, as there was no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current anxiety disorder and his active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD and the evidence did not support a link between any diagnosed condition and her military service.

The Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder is granted service connection. The remaining claims are remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and generalized anxiety disorder, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD and anxiety disorder, as well as a claim for TDIU, due to deficiencies in the development of evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, sleep apnea, cervical spine (neck) disability, lumbar spine (back) disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and erectile dysfunction. The appeal was dismissed for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder due to the grant of an unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression and anxiety disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine and right lower extremity (RLE) and left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, right knee strain, left knee strain, pseudofolliculitis barbae, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain and generalized anxiety disorder, and throbbing head pain on a direct basis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation in excess of the 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) rate due to a lack of evidence showing anatomical loss or loss of use of both arms, both legs, one arm and one leg, or blindness without light perception in both eyes.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder and remanded the claim for service connection for sexual dysfunction.

The Board granted the appeal to restore service connection for anxiety, finding that there was evidence in the file supporting a separately diagnosed mental health disability separate from tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder, lumbosacral strain, tension headaches, and GAD, but denied service connection for high blood pressure. The Veteran's claims for other disabilities were remanded.

The Board denied higher ratings for hypertension and left elbow rheumatoid arthritis, granted a 20 percent rating for dry eye syndrome, and remanded several service connection claims.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating for GAD with insomnia disorder to obtain outstanding medical records and schedule a new VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, erectile dysfunction, bilateral flatfoot (pes planus), generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymic disorder), hypertension, pilonidal cyst, and sleep apnea due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 100 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, persistent, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for service connection for a left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, and neck pain were remanded.