Anxiety decisions — 2026

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of qualifying conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in VA's duty to notify, specifically failing to provide notice of his right to an AOJ hearing.

Service connection is granted for left elbow tendonitis and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including adjustment disorder, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder).,PTSD, erectile dysfunction, lower back strain, and migraines are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected. The remaining issues are remanded for further development and examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD, a bilateral knee strain, low back pain, a neck condition, and posttraumatic arthritis of the right long finger. The Veteran was also denied service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder and allergic rhinitis, as well as GERD.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol dependency, and entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to errors in VA's duty to assist.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 29, 2019, for a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected Major Depressive Disorder is denied. The effective date remains July 24, 2014.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, is granted service connection. The Board found the evidence in equipoise, granting the claim.

The Veteran's migraines are granted as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus. The Board has also remanded for further examination and opinion regarding the remaining issues.

The Veteran's attempts to appeal the denial of service connection for low back pain were dismissed as untimely.,The Veteran's appeals regarding the grant of service connection for other specified anxiety disorder were also dismissed as untimely.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, finding that there is no current diagnosis of a psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's service connection for bilateral hearing loss, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood (psychiatric disability), tinnitus, chronic sinusitis, lumbosacral strain with levoconvex midthoracic scoliosis (lumbar spine disability), right shoulder dislocation with rotator cuff tendonitis and shoulder strain (right shoulder disability), left shoulder strain with rotator cuff tendonitis (left shoulder disability), right knee strain with patellofemoral pain syndrome (right knee disability), left knee strain with patellofemoral pain syndrome (left knee disability), right ankle sprain with lateral collateral ligament injury (right ankle disability), and left ankle sprain with lateral collateral ligament injury (left ankle disability) has been granted. The effective date for these decisions is November 28, 2022.

The Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood is rated at 50 percent, but the Board finds that this rating is not appropriate as it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's anxiety and depressive disorders due to another medical condition are currently rated at 70 percent effective June 27, 2023.,The Veteran is not entitled to a rating in excess of 70 percent from June 27, 2023.

The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood has been granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent, effective June 8, 2022. The Veteran also received a grant for TDIU prior to November 22, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's motions for revision of the September 18, 1974, Rating Decision regarding service connection for rheumatoid arthritis and a nervous condition. The decision found no clear and unmistakable error in the denial of these claims.

The Veteran's PTSD with associated conditions has been granted a 70 percent disability rating for the period prior to August 27, 2020.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, adjustment disorder with anxiety, panic disorder, and depressive disorder, finding that these conditions result in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals due to untimely filing of the appeal requests, as no good cause was shown for the delay.

The Board has denied service connection for left wrist, right wrist, left hip, and right hip disabilities as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder. The evidence does not support the presence of these conditions during or recent to the appeal period.