Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include other specified insomnia disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and generalized anxiety disorder, and increased the rating for migraine headaches to 50%. The appeal for bilateral hearing loss was dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the evidence did not show symptoms that warranted a higher rating.

The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea, unspecified anxiety disorder, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including GAD, MDD, unspecified depressive disorder, and panic disorder.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder, finding that the symptoms more closely approximated reduced reliability and productivity rather than deficiencies in most areas.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, intermittent vertigo, and residuals of miscarriage. The claims for other trauma or stressor related disorder and anxiety were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for epistaxis and obstructive sleep apnea, but denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The anxiety disorder was granted a 100 percent rating.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and pes planus, as well as persistent depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and alcohol use disorder, due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent disabling for his service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and alcohol use disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include GAD, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back and bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, and dysthymic disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea based on the evidence being at least evenly balanced.

The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and persistent depressive disorder, was withdrawn by the Veteran before the Board promulgated a decision.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified anxiety disorder and adjustment disorder with anxiety, and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and unspecified sleep-wake disorder, effective May 30, 2023. Additionally, the Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected adjustment disorder.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling VA examinations.

The appeals for service connection and higher initial rating were dismissed due to concurrent election of review options.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and remanded the claim for service connection for glaucoma.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression and anxiety to correct duty to assist errors, specifically regarding the need for an addendum opinion on aggravation by service-connected disabilities and obtaining relevant medical records.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as the evidence did not show a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.