Anxiety — all decisions

The Board granted an effective date of June 23, 2022, for the award of a 50 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as anxiety, was dismissed due to the grant of PTSD in a subsequent rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including various musculoskeletal conditions and mental health disorders.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, as it finds a pre-decisional duty to assist error due to lack of transportation preventing the Veteran from attending a scheduled examination.

The Board grants service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, attributing it to the Veteran's parachuting experience in active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for Hashimoto's thyroiditis and denied an increased rating for the Veteran's anxiety disorder.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral dry eye syndrome, left foot degenerative arthritis, and anxiety disorder. The claims for service connection for left heel bursitis, a rating in excess of 10 percent for the back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left knee disability, scalp scar, and a rating in excess of 20 percent for the right shoulder disability were denied.

The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disability from December 1, 2024, to December 8, 2024.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of March 29, 2014, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder with unspecified neurocognitive disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of May 20, 2024 for the award of a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease with coronary artery bypass graft and right bundle branch block, but no earlier. The Board also granted an effective date of June 28, 2024 for the award of a 50 percent rating for unspecified anxiety disorder, but no earlier.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable disability rating for right ear hearing loss, service connection for anxiety disorder, and service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, migraine headaches, and special monthly compensation on account of loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date of September 22, 2022, for service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include a depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, as secondary to the veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the evidence did not support occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, finding the evidence to be at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorder had its onset in service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left knee strain with instability, and right knee strain to obtain additional evidence and a VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD and the evidence did not support a link between any diagnosed condition and her military service.