Anxiety — all decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anxiety with insomnia to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, to include other specified anxiety disorder (limited symptom panic attacks), as it requires additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for a VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for an anxiety disability, finding no current diagnosis separate from PTSD. The left shoulder disability was remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals seeking service connection for anxiety, depression, bilateral hearing loss, a left elbow condition, and sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back disability.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychological condition, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, insomnia, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, due to inadequate medical examinations and opinions.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating, earlier effective date for special monthly compensation, and earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability and granted a rating of 40 percent for the lumbar spine disability prior to February 8, 2022, but denied an increased rating from that date.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia, alcohol use disorder, and adjustment disorder was dismissed by the Veteran.

The Board remanded the claims for further development, including a new VA examination for bilateral pes planus and obtaining outstanding treatment records for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for GAD was denied.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent disability rating for generalized anxiety disorder with depressive features, effective October 6, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, depression, and anxiety as the probative evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to active service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety disorder unspecified as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal before a decision was made, and therefore the appeal is dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, anxiety, and panic disorder, as a VA examination is needed.

The Veteran was granted a higher initial disability rating of 50 percent for the service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder from February 20, 2018 to November 22, 2024; however, a higher initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the same condition from November 22, 2024 was denied. A higher initial (compensable) disability rating for right ear hearing loss was also denied.

The veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for anxiety with insomnia due to military sexual trauma.

The veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood chronic, effective December 6, 2024, and a TDIU was also granted.