Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issues of service connection for various conditions due to incomplete personnel records, including those related to a court-martial.

The veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the rating reduction for PTSD and related conditions, leading to the dismissal of the case.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, but denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for TBI with a psychiatric disability.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including right shoulder disability, right ankle disability, chronic fatigue, Meniere's disease, nausea, left big toe condition, and vertigo. The claims for diverticulitis, tinnitus, anxiety disorder, eating disorder, insomnia, major depression, and PTSD were remanded.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for unspecified general headache and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted the restoration of a 70 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TBI, effective May 1, 2024.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding a relationship between the current diagnoses and stressful circumstances experienced during service.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder was granted a 100 percent rating from September 4, 1974, and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. 1114(s) was also granted.

The Board denied service connection for the claimed disabilities as there was no evidence of a current disability or a nexus to service.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings due to improper concurrent election of multiple review options.

The appeal to deferral of a decision on entitlement to compensation for generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and/or posttraumatic stress disorder is dismissed.

The Board denied the claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for service connection for anxiety condition and depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the July 2022 rating decision.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, to schedule a VA examination.

The Board remands the case for an addendum opinion and to obtain additional VA clinical records due to inadequate opinions provided by the previous examiner.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety, and unspecified sleep-wake disorder, as secondary to service-connected disabilities, including migraine headaches, due to an inadequate medical examination.

The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's psychological conditions, finding that a 70 percent rating was appropriate.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety as a secondary condition to the Veteran's already service-connected mental disorder disabilities, but denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis.