Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to include alcohol use disorder, anxiety and panic attacks. The Veteran's PTSD is related to his military service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's cesarean section scar and remanded the claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and insomnia.

The Board is remanding the claim for reassessment of service connection for a psychiatric disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 27, 2013, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, anxiety, and alcohol dependence due to new and relevant evidence.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, anxiety, and depression but denied service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected mental health disorder anxiety disorder, but denied increased ratings and compensable ratings for other conditions.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, as the evidence did not support a diagnosis of PTSD or establish a link between the claimed in-service stressors and current symptoms.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as secondary to service-connected tinnitus and/or knee disability, for further development of the record.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and denied service connection for left and right lower extremity radicular pain, paresthesia, chronic fatigue syndrome, other unspecified depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. However, the Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as well as a depressive disorder and an anxiety disorder, due to incomplete development of the Veteran's stressors and the need for a new examination.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 27, 2020, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for generalized anxiety disorder, denied compensable ratings for external hemorrhoids and sinusitis, granted service connection for migraine headaches secondary to sinusitis, and granted service connection for left foot and left shoulder conditions. The claims for increased ratings for urethral stricture, lumbosacral strain, and ulnar neuropathy were remanded.

The appeal was granted, restoring service connection for atrial fibrillation (AFIB) effective August 21, 2019. The claim for an earlier effective date for hypertension was denied.

The Board granted service connection for a generalized anxiety condition, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether it is related to active service.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD and anxiety disorder, as a VA examination is warranted.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, as secondary to the service-connected anxiety disorder. The claim for PTSD was denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety.