Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased disability rating and individual unemployability, finding that his service-connected conditions did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for fibromyalgia, but remanded the claims for anxiety and carpal tunnel syndrome due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, currently diagnosed as mood disorder with anxiety, and denied service connection for acne and acne scars, sinusitis, headaches, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and allergic rhinitis.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as more information is needed regarding the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor and a VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety, depression, insomnia and sleep apnea as a new VA examination is necessary to assist in determining the nature and etiology of these claimed conditions.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability and denied the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a higher rating for tinnitus. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder from May 8, 2013, but denied an earlier effective date than that date.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than insomnia disorder, to include anxiety or depression, but granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected insomnia disorder.

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, finding a positive nexus to the Veteran's service-connected liver conditions. The claim of entitlement to readjudication based on new and relevant evidence was also granted.

The Board granted a separate 100 percent rating for TBI in addition to the Veteran's 100 percent rating for PTSD, and also granted special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the lower extremities at an intermediate rate above 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m), as well as allowances for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, and assistance for specially adapted housing.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and various other psychiatric disorders, as it finds that there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining medical opinions addressing all of the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric disorders.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 100 percent for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) for the period prior to June 10, 2021.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for panic attacks and anxiety, finding that these symptoms are manifestations of his already service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The appeal for service connection for sinusitis, allergies, and vertigo was dismissed. The appeals for service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety), hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for an adjustment disorder with anxiety and alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including knee pain, back pain, and anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder, claimed as generalized anxiety disorder, but denied service connection for depressive disorder, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that her symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, and secondary conditions of GERD and hypertension. The claims for major depression and anxiety as separate conditions from the now service-connected schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, were denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, and a chronic back disorder, both for the purposes of accrued benefits only.