Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for the service-connected neurocognitive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder prior to September 16, 2024, but denied a higher rating from that date. The Board also granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for the service-connected loss of sense of smell prior to July 29, 2023, but denied a higher rating from that date.

The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder effective April 8, 2020, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from July 1, 2022. The claim for a compensable evaluation for erectile dysfunction was denied.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, left knee strain, and right knee strain. Service connection was denied for amenorrhea, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and restless leg syndrome. Melasma was granted under the Persian Gulf War provisions.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and remanded claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left lower nerve pain, right lower nerve pain, bilateral pes planus, and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a right ankle disability for readjudication as new and relevant evidence has been received.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, depression, anxiety, and insomnia as well as an increased rating claim for service-connected bilateral hearing loss and for an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance, and adaptive equipment, or adaptive equipment only due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with panic attack features, asthma, and degenerative arthritis of the right knee based on evidence showing these conditions are causally related to the Veteran's active duty military service.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 40 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, prior to July 11, 2022, due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for sinusitis but denied increased ratings for anxiety disorder and tension headaches.

The Board granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, a rating of 30 percent for right knee strain, and an initial rating of 50 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's ADHD preexisted his military service and was not aggravated therein. The current adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood is related to the preexisting ADHD.

The Board granted service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that it was caused by or aggravated by the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and higher ratings for OSA, unspecified anxiety condition, left hip strain, scar due to lymph node removal, and painful lymphadenectomy scar. Some claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied various claims for increased ratings and effective dates, except for granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, and anxiety due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding that it was caused by the Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder is granted an initial rating of 50 percent, and some claims for service connection are denied while others are remanded.

The Board denied service connection for light sensitivity, bilateral hearing loss, an increased evaluation for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, an increased evaluation for tinnitus, an initial compensable evaluation for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and an initial compensable evaluation for chronic sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for chronic sinusitis and generalized anxiety disorder based on the evidence supporting their onset during active duty.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety disorder and major depression to satisfy a pre-decisional regulatory duty.