Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter for an addendum opinion as there was no substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding it to be related to an in-service event.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased initial disability rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 31, 2020, for the award of service connection for psychiatric disorder and tinnitus.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and anxiety to include insomnia, as July 20, 2024 was determined to be the earliest possible effective date.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and fasciculations and muscle spasms, but denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and urinary urgency and frequency disorder. The claim for bilateral pes planus was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a mental health condition, including anxiety and acquired behavioral health issues.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and right and left elbow disorders to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board remands the service connection claim for a psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include a generalized anxiety disorder and depression.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, a skin disability (tinea pedis), and rhinitis. Service connection was denied for sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome, shortness of breath, and an anxiety condition.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, as well as a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with moderate alcohol use disorder, finding a nexus between the Veteran's in-service experiences and her current disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased rating for PTSD and service connection for anxiety.

The Veteran's representative withdrew the appeal, and the Board dismissed all issues on appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for anxiety disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder, finding no evidence of a worsening in his condition within one year prior to February 17, 2017.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain the Veteran's complete service treatment records.

The Board granted an initial increased disability evaluation to 70 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated those required for a 70 percent rating.

The Board denied service connection for an anxiety condition, claimed as sleep disturbance, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the current disability and the Veteran's period of active service.