Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, and an earlier effective date for PTSD with memory loss due to a clear and unmistakable error in the November 2018 rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and individual unemployability due to a need for further development of the evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression disorder, heart condition, anxiety disorder, right knee pain condition, left knee pain condition, and PTSD due to the Veteran failing to report for scheduled VA examinations.

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for the service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for alcohol use disorder and general anxiety disorder due to a need for further evidence.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for depression and anxiety as secondary to a lumbosacral strain and ankylosing spondylosis, finding no evidence of current disabilities.

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an April 10, 2024, rating decision.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The claim for TDIU was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, finding that these conditions are secondary to pain from the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for adjustment disorder, as well as TDIU and a higher initial rating for a left shoulder disability.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, anxiety, bilateral tinea pedis, left knee condition, right knee condition, bilateral pes planus, low back strain, migraines, and non-specific respiratory condition as there was no evidence of a current disability at any time during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety as secondary to a low back disability and associated radiculopathy, but dismissed claims for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for left foot pes planus, right foot pes planus, left foot plantar fasciitis, right foot plantar fasciitis, left foot tinea pedis, right foot tinea pedis, and bilateral tinnitus. The claims for major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and lumbar strain were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the December 2020 VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, as secondary to service-connected disabilities for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include generalized anxiety and insomnia, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder to ensure an adequate statement of reasons and bases is provided, and all relevant records are obtained.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of mental health conditions (bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder) due to a lack of compliance with previous remand instructions.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 18, 2017, for the award of a 30 percent rating for anxiety.