Anxiety decisions — 2025

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 17, 2021 for the grant of entitlement to individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and restored a 50 percent rating for other unspecified anxiety disorder and a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a new medical opinion that adequately addresses the Veteran's diagnoses and their etiology, including whether any diagnosed conditions are related to service.

The Board dismissed the issues of service connection for various conditions and special monthly compensation based on a parent's need for aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound, as there was no new and relevant evidence to support these claims.

The Board remands the claims for further development and correction of pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an effective date of July 2, 2020, for the grant of service connection for PTSD and related conditions, as well as earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, and a neurological disorder due to lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service experiences of mistreatment and a bank robbery.

The Board denied several claims, including higher ratings for lumbar radiculopathy and an increased rating for the spine disability, as well as service connection for insomnia and anxiety.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and the effective date of January 30, 2020, for the grant of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with panic disorder.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period. The claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and thoracolumbar spine pain were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, as a VA opinion addressing the nature and etiology of all currently diagnosed psychiatric disorders has not been obtained.

The Board granted service connection for right eye dry eye syndrome and PTSD, while denying service connection for anxiety and insomnia. The Veteran was also granted higher ratings for his left eye and PTSD.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grants of a 70 percent disability rating for unspecified anxiety disorder and a 30 percent disability rating for cervical spine disability, as well as service connection for various conditions.

The Board denied the claim for an initial rating greater than 70 percent for a psychiatric disorder, as the Veteran's symptoms did not cause total occupational and social impairment.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, as new evidence has been received that warrants readjudication.

The Board remands the case for an etiology opinion to determine if the Veteran's major depressive disorder and/or generalized anxiety disorder are related to service.

The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder and anxiety disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depressive features, dismissed the appeals for Raynaud's disease and a psychiatric disability to include PTSD other than unspecified anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depressive features, and remanded the claim for a recurrent lumbar spine disability.

The appeal for a higher disability rating for generalized anxiety disorder was dismissed due to a concurrent election prohibited by 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500(b).

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to a service-connected low back disability.