Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include insomnia, anxiety, or depression, as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.

The Board granted service connection for depression, anxiety, and ADHD based on their relationship to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, to obtain additional evidence and a more thorough medical examination.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD for a new VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board granted a 20% rating for enlarged prostate and a 50% rating for anxiety disorder but dismissed the appeal for an increased rating for hearing loss as untimely.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and PTSD with alcohol abuse, as the Veteran's psychiatric disorder did not have its onset in service and is not otherwise related to service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), on a direct basis.

The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date of October 29, 2003, for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and a TBI. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis, right ankle scar associated with ganglion cyst in the soft tissue of the ankle with tenosynovitis, left upper extremity scars associated with post traumatic changes of the left thumb, and post traumatic changes of the left thumb were also denied. Some issues related to service connection have been remanded for further consideration.

The appeal resulted in the denial of service connection for PTSD, depressive disorder, anxiety, and head and left leg scars. The claim for service connection for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy was reopened but not granted on the merits.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood prior to January 29, 2018.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding no evidence that would support an earlier date.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board remands the case for an additional medical opinion regarding the etiology of any current acquired psychiatric disorders that may be present.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a lack of evidence supporting direct or secondary service connection.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety and depression, finding no current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claim for service connection for headaches was remanded due to a need for further evidence.

The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for the veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, but denied compensable evaluations for migraines and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for generalized anxiety disorder to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, an effective date prior to June 29, 2023, for a 70 percent rating for the same condition, and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus.

The appeal is dismissed as the appellant did not identify any specific determination with which she disagrees.