Anxiety — all decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety as the evidence showed that the symptoms were not severe enough to impact occupational and social functioning or require medication.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and insomnia, due to a need for further development of evidence related to in-service stressors.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and remanded claims for sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder, painful surgical scars on both feet, and non-compensable ratings for left and right foot surgical scars. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and various musculoskeletal conditions were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and denied service connection for PTSD, diabetes mellitus, type II, sleep apnea, hypertension, heart disability, headaches, erectile dysfunction, and remanded the claims for secondary service connection and TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of unspecified anxiety disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, and insomnia due to insufficient evidence regarding in-service stressors and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and left knee degenerative arthritis, as the first claims were received on June 1, 2021.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent disability rating and basic eligibility to DEA benefits, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that the Veteran's social anxiety disorder with unspecified obsessive compulsive disorder and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder was 100 percent disabling prior to June 6, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including neck strain, bilateral shoulder and knee strains, jaw condition, PTSD, anxiety, major depression, and sleep disturbances, as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his military service.

The Veteran was granted an initial 40 percent rating for a left knee disability, but the appeal for increased ratings and service connection for other conditions was either dismissed or remanded.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a back condition, knee conditions, headaches, and others, as the evidence did not demonstrate that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service, ADT, or IDT.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development and to address pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, as well as increased ratings for certain service-connected conditions.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than generalized anxiety disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, as there is no legal basis for a higher schedular rating. The claim for an increased rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was remanded due to pre-decisional errors.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of spine and GAD, but denied increased ratings for generalized anxiety disorder and migraines.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Veteran was granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with persistent depressive, generalized anxiety, insomnia, panic, and alcohol use disorders, effective January 29, 2023. The Veteran also received service connection for GERD as secondary to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied a higher initial rating for the service-connected psychiatric disability, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 50 percent.