Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of August 12, 2022, for the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety disorder and remanded claims for major depressive disorder, PTSD disability, and alcohol use disorder due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in relative equipoise that it began during the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied a rating greater than 30 percent disabling for depression prior to May 26, 2020, and remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, depression, and PTSD, based on a nexus between the Veteran's conceded stressor and his mental health conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, sinusitis, diverticulosis and benign neoplasm rectosigmoid junction, GERD and reflux esophagitis, right knee disability, and left knee disability to cure errors in fulfilling VA's duty to assist.

The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was granted a 70 percent rating effective from March 13, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and hypertension based on herbicide exposure at Fort McClellan. High cholesterol was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety/insomnia, frequent urination, headaches, and a lower back condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, and remanded the issues of service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, athlete's foot onychomycosis, tinea pedis, left knee strain, and right knee pain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression, anxiety, and a broken left wrist due to inadequate VA examinations.

The appeal was partially denied, with some issues dismissed and others remanded for further consideration.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and higher special monthly compensation, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.

The Veteran is granted a 100 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, panic disorder, and TBI from August 10, 2018 to June 25, 2021, and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate from August 10, 2018.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), to include anxiety condition and sleep disturbances, as the evidence of record does not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or were caused by service.

The appeal of the service connection claim for left ear hearing loss was dismissed due to untimeliness. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD and remanded the claims for service connection for major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, unspecified.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as GAD and major depression, finding a causal relationship to the Veteran's active military service.