Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anxiety and depression to ensure a VA examination is conducted.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no current disability. The claims for major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder were remanded.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus to allow for further development of the record.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a total disability based upon individual unemployability, an earlier effective date for service connection of unspecified anxiety disorder, and a higher initial rating for the same condition.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder, finding it was incurred during the Veteran's period of active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction as secondary to OSA, a left shoulder disability, and an anxiety disorder due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Veteran's migraine headache disability is granted a maximum 50 percent rating due to very frequent, completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for tinnitus, PTSD, eye damage, anxiety, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, anxiety condition, and sleep apnea as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and readjudication of service connection for constant cough, sleep apnea, and unspecified anxiety disorder due to the lack of new and relevant evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, tinnitus, diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, Hepatitis C, a thoracolumbar spine disability, and a left knee disability, as the evidence did not support a finding of a current diagnosis or a link to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as the evidence did not show that she was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, a heart murmur, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial rating greater than 30 percent for adjustment disorder, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The appeal was dismissed as the Notice of Disagreement did not timely address the issues in question.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder has prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, as secondary to service-connected disabilities due to a lack of adequate notice prior to a scheduled VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a VA examination and opinion on whether the Veteran's psychiatric conditions are secondary to his service-connected knee conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, depression, and insomnia, due to a duty to assist error regarding outstanding private medical records.