Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding a relationship between the Veteran's heart palpitations during service and his current anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, while remanding the claims for allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, alcohol use disorder, substance use disorder, substance-induced depressive disorder, and substance-induced anxiety disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including psychiatric conditions, respiratory issues, diabetes mellitus, and a traumatic head injury, due to incomplete records and inadequate medical examinations.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the AOJ failed to provide the Veteran with an adequate VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and left foot plantar fascial fibromatosis to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder was granted a 70 percent disability rating from November 8, 2019 to August 27, 2023.

The Veteran's request for Higher-Level Review (HLR) of an August 2021 rating decision denying service connection for adjustment disorder, chronic with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was untimely.

The Board denied entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on statutory housebound criteria from June 25, 2019, to November 7, 2019.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability, hypertension, IBS, right ankle and left ankle disabilities, a right hip disability, and a low back disability. However, the Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea, right knee strain, and left knee strain, as well as a 10% rating for left hip plasmacytoma limitation of extension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder with insomnia disorder, finding that the disability did not warrant a higher rating based on the evidence presented.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a low back disability, and lipoma of the low back due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 100 percent for PTSD, other specified disorder, and major depressive disorder due to the Veteran's total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for an anxiety condition, finding no evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted an effective date of September 9, 2017, for the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood with panic attacks.

The Board denied service connection for multiple myeloma, and remanded claims for anxiety, depression, and any acquired neuropsychiatric condition.

The Board granted service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, and neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities. The claims for service connection for an eye condition, vertigo/dizziness, GERD/reflux, cervical strain, lumbosacral strain, right wrist degenerative joint disease, left wrist degenerative joint disease, right knee osteoarthritis, left knee degenerative joint disease, a right foot condition, a left foot condition, and a right achilles tendon/ankle condition were denied. The claims for service connection for hypertensive heart disease/high blood pressure, sinusitis, headaches, allergic rhinitis, and a skin condition were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and headaches, and assigned a 10% rating for right armpit dermatitis. IBS was denied, while claims for other conditions were either denied or remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression and anxiety, as the evidence supports a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.