Anxiety decisions — 2025

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD is dismissed as the benefit has been granted in full.

The Board denied entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent and 50 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, unspecified anxiety disorder with cognitive impairment from Parkinson's.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder as the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors were not verified and there was no competent evidence linking his current disabilities to active service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for hearing loss, hypothyroidism, and an anxiety condition as secondary to hypothyroidism.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to deficiencies in the record and VA's duty to assist.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anxiety disorder to obtain a new medical opinion regarding its etiology, specifically addressing whether the Veteran's anxiety is related to in-service vaccinations.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for unspecified anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, but no higher. The claim for service connection for chronic diarrhea was remanded.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, as the evidence did not show functional impairment comparable to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an addendum medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an anxiety and stress condition due to new and relevant evidence submitted in August 2023.

The appeal for an effective date prior to February 3, 2016 for the grant of service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the July 2016 rating decision is denied.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error and obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's general anxiety disorder, finding that the severity, frequency, and duration of symptoms more closely approximated those required for this rating.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic headaches with poor concentration, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, chest pain, heart murmur, stomach disorder, lumbar spine disorder, left knee disorder, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, bilateral pes planus, right foot numbness, and left foot numbness, as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis during the pendency of the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to September 24, 2019 for the award of an increased 70 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

The Board denied service connection for an anxiety disorder other than PTSD - Non-Combat and remanded claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for other specified trauma and stress related disorder and for service connection for bronchitis due to outstanding VA treatment records.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, hypertension, and arteriosclerotic heart disease (CAD) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.