Anxiety decisions — 2026

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA PTSD medical opinion and for further verification of in-service stressors. The Veteran is also required to provide any additional information or documentation regarding his claimed stressors.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to a duty to assist error. The Board finds that a new medical opinion is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically whether it had its onset due to weight control failure in service or is related to compensatory eating behaviors during service.

The Veteran's service connection for PTSD, adjustment disorder, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder has been granted. His hearing loss remains at a 10% rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral flat feet, plantar fasciitis and hallux valgus, hearing loss, psychiatric disabilities, nerve damage, eye disability, and IBS. The decision found that there was no evidence of permanent aggravation of preexisting conditions during service.

The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 70 percent prior to February 10, 2021 for generalized anxiety disorder was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment prior to this date.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in loss of use of any extremities, thus he is not eligible for specially adapted housing.

The Veteran's depressive disorder with anxiety and sleep disturbance, alcohol and cannabis used disorder caused total occupational and social impairment from February 24, 2018, forward. The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for this condition.

The Veteran's TDIU is based solely on his service-connected mixed anxiety with depression, and he has additional service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or higher. Therefore, SMC based on statutory housebound status is granted as of June 1, 2019.

The Board has granted service connection for major depression with anxiety and obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been denied as he does not have a current disability for VA purposes.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disorder (unspecified anxiety) are being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.

The appeal to reduce the disability rating from 50% to 30% for posttraumatic stress disorder, including unspecified mood disorder with depression and anxiety, is dismissed because no valid NOD was filed in response to a proposed reduction.

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection as it is related to his in-service acoustic trauma. Service connection for left shoulder scars, generalized anxiety disorder with ADHD, and migraine headaches were also granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination regarding service connection for any acquired psychiatric disorder, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Mood Disorder. The Veteran's personality disorder is already service-connected.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and anxiety disorder, as well as increased ratings for the left-hand scar and forehead scars. The Veteran's claims were not supported by current evidence of a disability or a link to service.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 9, 2019 for the award of service connection for PTSD. The Veteran initially filed a claim on August 9, 2019 and VA accepted it as a formal claim seeking service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for a TDIU as the earliest allowed by law has been assigned, and there was no pending claim at the time of the March 23, 2023 increased rating claim. The Veteran's mental health, migraine, and tachycardia disabilities were considered in determining entitlement to a TDIU.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, insomnia, and Meniere's disease due to insufficient medical opinions addressing causation and aggravation. The Veteran's conditions are being considered as secondary to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to incomplete VA examinations and a failure to reschedule them. The Veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, sleep disturbances, bilateral hearing loss, headache condition, and lumbar fusion with limitation and pain.

The Veteran's claims for gastrointestinal and psychiatric disabilities are remanded due to inadequate medical examinations.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches and remanded the remaining issues related to anxiety, depression, foot disability, knee disabilities, back disability, gastrointestinal disability, hypertension, and sleep disability.