Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for anxiety disorder with an effective date of October 1, 2014, and a 100 percent disability rating for ischemic cardiomyopathy starting from January 14, 2017.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, alcohol use disorder, and drug use disorder, due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including depressive disorder, anxiety condition, and sleep disturbances.

The appeals for increased ratings of unspecified anxiety disorder with insomnia, tinnitus, pterygium, left eye, and right ear hearing loss were dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The Board grants an initial 70 percent evaluation for persistent depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from August 1, 2022, and also granted special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits beginning the same date.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, and lumbosacral strain and IVDS.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, adjustment disorder, depression, and anxiety, as additional development is needed prior to further disposition.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for the remaining conditions, including hearing loss and various musculoskeletal issues.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding the adequacy of the VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder to ensure that all relevant evidence is considered.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, as secondary to service-connected musculoskeletal and neurological disabilities due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for an anxiety disorder and denied service connection for sleep disturbances to include insomnia and a left elbow disability. The claims for right elbow and back disabilities were remanded.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which include diffuse interstitial fibrosis, ulcerative colitis, anxiety disorder, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for psychiatric disability, diagnosed as posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder and anxiety, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began in service and have continued since then.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and insomnia, both claimed as secondary to service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, alcohol use disorder, major depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, and cannabis use disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression, emotional and somatic anxiety, and mood changes with anger and sleeping disorder due to a need for further development of the record.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and entitlement to TDIU due to a need for additional evidence, including outstanding VA treatment records, a completed VA Form 21-8940, and a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and dismissed the appeal of sinusitis as moot. The other issues related to service connection were remanded for further development.