Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for bilateral tinnitus and remanded claims for alcohol use, generalized anxiety disorder, and persistent depressive disorder due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, borderline personality disorder, alcohol and opioid abuse disorder, depression, and anxiety due to military sexual trauma.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for an adjustment disorder with anxiety, finding the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, to obtain a new VA examination and opinion.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, effective July 25, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's disability had its onset during his period of active service. The other issues were remanded due to deficiencies in the evidence.

The Board denied a rating higher than 50 percent for the Veteran's anxiety disorder prior to June 17, 2016, and a TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for adjustment disorder with anxiety, major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, migraine including migraine variants, near-syncope (claimed as vasovagal syncope), thoracolumbar strain (claimed as musculoskeletal mid/lower back thoracolumbar spine), and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus II, a heart stent, chronic kidney disease stage 3, anxiety with stress, and a lumbar spine disability as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and tinnitus to the AOJ for further development, including obtaining a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety, which is related to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension. The other issues were denied.

The Board granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety, and depression, based on the evidence showing a link between the Veteran's symptoms and his service in Vietnam.

The Board granted service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder and denied a rating in excess of 0 percent for seborrheic dermatitis of the forehead. The claim for chronic headaches was remanded.

The appeal for service connection for anxiety condition, to include sleep disturbances, was dismissed as the claim has been granted in full.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, lumbar spine disorder, and related mental health conditions but denied left ear hearing loss. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic sinusitis, a respiratory disorder, and panic attacks were remanded.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia, alcohol use disorder, substance use disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for left hip, right hip, left knee, right knee, back, psychiatric (anxiety neurosis), and sleep apnea disabilities. The claim for a schedular disability rating in excess of 50 percent for migraines was denied.

The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings and TDIU due to incomplete evidence of record.

The Board denied service connection for low back pain and remanded the claims for a higher rating for right leg DVT and service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder.