Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for headaches and denied initial compensable disability ratings for erectile dysfunction, orchitis, unilateral, chronic, anxiety disorder, unspecified, fracture, 5th metacarpal bone, right hand, and lumbosacral strain.

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's service-connected conditions and granted SMC at the statutory housebound rate from July 5, 2023. The decision also remanded several claims related to secondary service connection.

The Board granted service connection for tendinitis, left ankle and denied service connection for a heart murmur. Several claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD and other psychiatric disorders, hypertension, and musculoskeletal issues, to ensure compliance with duty to assist requirements.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for vertigo and dismissed the appeal for service connection for anxiety, while remanding claims for service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and total disability based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for unspecified anxiety disorder, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and right lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, major depression, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as the probative evidence did not show a current disability.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, for a VA examination.

The Board remands the issues of CUE in the June 1972 and March 1991 rating decisions for initial adjudication by the AOJ.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from April 16, 2014, to June 25, 2025, due to his service-connected psychiatric conditions.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, finding a nexus between the Veteran's symptoms during his period of active service from June 2016 to January 2018 and his current diagnoses.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for an abnormal heart, anxiety condition with phobias, depression, headaches, and flat feet.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding the evidence to be in at least approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's current generalized anxiety disorder had its onset during his period of active service.

The Board granted service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinary incontinence, left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, right lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, left leg condition (knee strain), right leg condition (knee strain), obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus type II, heart condition, and hypertension. However, it dismissed the appeals for service connection for major neurocognitive disorder, MDD, suicidal thoughts, and anxiety.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disorder to verify an in-service stressor and obtain additional evidence.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a 70 percent rating for service-connected psychiatric disability, finding no factually ascertainable increase in disability within one year prior to August 8, 2024.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the increased ratings of the right knee and a higher rating for adjustment disorder, but no earlier date is applicable.

The Board granted service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinary incontinence, left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, right lower extremity deep vein thrombosis, left leg condition (knee strain), right leg condition (knee strain), obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus type II, heart condition, and hypertension. However, it dismissed the appeals for service connection for major neurocognitive disorder, MDD, suicidal thoughts, and anxiety.

The Board granted service connection for tinea pedis, left foot, and generalized anxiety disorder, while denying increased ratings for knee conditions and other disabilities.

The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for acquired psychiatric disabilities, to include chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and insomnia disorder, effective October 16, 2023.