Anxiety Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified anxiety disorder, based on the evidence of record and resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted a 60 percent rating for GERD, an effective date of October 27, 2020 for GAD, and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for various conditions, as well as the issue regarding whether the character of the Appellant's discharge from service constitutes a bar to VA benefits.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding it at least as likely as not attributable to his active military service.

The Board restored the 50 percent rating for unspecified anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, effective January 14, 2022.

The Board grants service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as an anxiety disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and initial rating due to the need for additional VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include GAD, finding no credible evidence that the condition had its onset in or is otherwise related to service.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include other specified trauma and other specified anxiety disorder, for further development of evidence regarding its etiology.

The Board denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, with the exception of a 10 percent rating for right Achilles tendon rupture.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and granted an earlier effective date of February 21, 2018, for the award of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with insomnia disorder.

The appeal for service connection for anxiety disorder secondary to tinnitus was dismissed due to a lack of timely filing.

The Board remands the appeal to obtain additional evidence and a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder contributed to his death.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, TBI, headaches, heart disease, left and right foot disorders, and a higher disability rating for the gunshot wound through-and-through scar residuals -abdomen, with muscle group XIX involvement.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding no evidence of a current disability or symptoms related to this condition during active military service.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity, a back disorder, and an initial rating greater than 10 percent for a right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain with laxity. However, it granted a 60 percent rating for dermographism with manifestations of chronic cholinergic urticaria from November 29, 2018, and a 50 percent initial rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, based on the evidence being in equipoise as to whether it is etiologically related to active duty service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an initial compensable rating for various conditions, including right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, left ankle condition, back pain, depression, anxiety, and bilateral hearing loss.