Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The claims for service connection for anxiety, depression, low back pain, and right shoulder pain are remanded due to a lack of adequate notice for VA examinations. The claims for increased ratings for left and right knee osteoarthritis are also remanded.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of February 20, 2021, for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and February 2, 2022, for service connection for migraine with tension headaches.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for various conditions due to a lack of jurisdiction over the claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher initial evaluations for unspecified anxiety disorder and service-connected heart disability from March 31, 2021 to December 28, 2022.

The Board denied an increased evaluation for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and granted TDIU beginning April 5, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, joint pains of the hands, a right knee condition, and a left knee condition as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder and granted service connection for migraine headaches, a low back disability, and a right shoulder disability. The claims for an eating disorder and hyperemesis gravidarum were denied.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for the 70 percent evaluation of anxiety disorder starting from January 16, 2022.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating of his service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this appeal.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's current mental health issues are at least as likely as not related to anxiety experienced during his military service.

The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's right ankle disability and granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder, as the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors were not credible.

The Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety was granted a 70 percent evaluation since March 6, 2023, but the claim for an increased evaluation in excess of 30 percent prior to that date was denied.

The Board granted service connection for thoracolumbar degenerative arthritis and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration, cervical degenerative arthritis, left shoulder acromioclavicular joint degeneration, right hip strain, anxiety as secondary to the Veteran's back condition, and depression as secondary to the Veteran's back condition. The claims for service connection for a left knee condition and a right knee condition were denied.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, anxiety disorder, and a bilateral eye condition as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for anxiety disorder and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted restoration of a 50% disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder, denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, and granted TDIU from May 20, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance that it is related to an in-service event.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as additional development is necessary prior to final adjudication.