Anxiety decisions — 2026

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the AOJ not attempting to obtain private medical records from identified doctors and facilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for depression, anxiety disorder, PTSD, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, neck disorder, and left wrist disorder have been dismissed as the evidence does not support these conditions.,Service connection was previously granted for major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder in a December 2020 rating decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to provide a VA examination, which is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as alcoholism, anxiety, depression, and/or PTSD) and tinnitus due to a lack of evidence showing in-service onset or relationship to service. The Veteran's inconsistent statements were considered, and the Board found that his lay testimony was not credible.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), chronic sinusitis, dermatosis of the arms, legs, and chest, GAD, low back pain (claimed as lumbar discogenic pain), and LLEN. The Board found that there was no evidence to support these conditions being related to military service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, identified as unspecified anxiety disorder. The claim of a sleep disability is remanded for further development.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and PTSD, finding that the Veteran's current disability is related to his active-duty service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current mental health conditions and his military service.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression and anxiety) were denied because there was no evidence of a current disability.,Specifically, the Board found that the Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss or an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for anxiety and depression due to the incomplete nexus opinion regarding whether these conditions were aggravated by the service-connected tinnitus and pseudofolliculitis barbae.

The Veteran's service connection for diverticulitis is granted. The appeal regarding a rating in excess of 50 percent for GAD is denied, and the appeals for increased ratings for right ankle strain and vertigo are remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood and major depressive disorder, is found to have first manifested during service and continues today. Service connection for this condition is granted.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no substitution request for a minor child has been granted.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal. The Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claim(s) at this time.

The Board has found pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the claims for GAD, hypertension and pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation with aortic insufficiency and mitral regurgitation, lumbosacral strain (back condition), right knee strain, and left knee strain. The claims are being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Hearing Loss, as well as service connection for Sciatica, Right Side, was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a rating higher than 30 percent for Generalized Anxiety Disorder or a compensable rating for Hearing Loss.

The Veteran's service connection claims for PTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and mild neurocognitive disorder due to traumatic stress are granted. The Veteran's migraine disability is not rated higher than 50 percent. Service connection for tinnitus is granted.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted.,Service connection for bronchitis is denied.,An initial disability rating of 70 percent, but no higher, for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic is granted.

The Veteran's increased rating for a psychiatric disability is denied, and his service connection claims are remanded. The Board acknowledges new evidence received to reopen the claims for bilateral hearing loss, chronic fatigue syndrome, headaches, unspecified ear condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, lower back pain, left shoulder condition, and upper back conditions.

The appeal for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is dismissed.,A compensable rating for hypertension is denied.,A 10 percent rating for the Veteran's scar related to his colon cancer surgery is granted, subject to the laws and regulations governing the assignment of monetary benefits.,Service connection for peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity is granted.,Service connection for peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity is granted.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety and depression) is denied.