Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an anxiety condition and remanded the claims for sciatica and herniated disc evaluation.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and major depressive disorder, due to pre-decisional errors in the prior VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, based on a positive nexus statement from a private medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), pain left great toe, and sleep apnea but denied increased ratings for the veteran's shoulder strain, thumb strain, wrist ganglion cyst, wrist scar, and painful scar.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for restrictive lung disease (claimed as asthma) but denied service connection for several other conditions, including right knee strain, left foot pes planus with bilateral hammer toes, foot fungus, seborrheic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and right hip condition. The Board also dismissed claims for service connection that were not ripe for review.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50% for an anxiety disorder prior to October 24, 2016 and a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to March 11, 2014.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, vertigo, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.

The Board denied service connection for left hand, right hand, and neck disorders, as well as denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions.

The appeal for service connection for emotional distress and the appeal of a rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbar back pain were dismissed due to untimely filings.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed as unspecified anxiety disorder and MDD, based on the evidence showing that these conditions had their onset during the Veteran's in-service deployment in the Persian Gulf.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and insomnia disorder. The appeal of service connection for treatment purposes under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 was dismissed, and the claim for a bilateral foot disability was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and anxiety/panic disorder, based on the Veteran's active duty during a period of full-time National Guard duty under 32 U.S.C. § 502(f).

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for generalized anxiety disorder with insomnia disorder and remanded the claim for an initial compensable rating for premature ventricular contractions.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for a back condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, and unspecified anxiety disorder as there was no evidence of current disabilities related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on the Veteran's in-service stressors during his active service in the Southwest Asia theatre of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted restoration of a 50 percent rating for unspecified anxiety and related disorders from March 14, 2024, as the evidence did not show improvement in the Veteran's disability.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a left knee disability due to further development needed, specifically the acquisition of prison medical records.