BVA Decisions on Anxiety
89 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving anxiety — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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| 20% | $356.66 |
| 30% | $552.47 |
| 40% | $795.84 |
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| 60% | $1,435.02 |
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| 90% | $2,362.30 |
| 100% | $3,938.58 |
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CAVCCase 96-1214 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded February 11, 1999In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
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CAVCCase 94-661 — Denied / Reversed / Vacated March 7, 1997In order to conduct meaningful research, the veteran must provide the "who, what, where[,] and when" of each stressor....
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CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Granted / Vacated November 26, 1996Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
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CAVCCase 04-181 — Vacated / Remanded March 31, 2006Kent, through counsel, appeals an October 8, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that determined that he had not presented new and material evidence to reopen ...
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CAVCCase 93-644 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 14, 1995In February 1987, the RO confirmed its October 1986 denial of service connection for heart disease, finding that the evidence submitted was "not new and material"....
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CAVCCase 93-1111 — Affirmed / Vacated / Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 26, 1995A February 2, 1988, VA letter, notifying the veteran that her appeal period had expired and that new and material evidence was needed to reopen her claim, was sent to her at the Wa...
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CAVCCase 95-232 — Reversed October 1, 1996An August 1986 RO decision stated that "no new and material evidence [had been] submitted which would warrant reversal of prior denial....
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CAVCCase 94-322 — Remanded May 14, 1996A July 1992 RO decision on remand from the Board concluded that the evidence of record 7 did not "establish that [the appellant] met the definition of insanity as provided in 38 C....
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BVACase 240530-443263 — Denied / Remanded April 15, 2025Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
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CAVCCase 99-132 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded / Dismissed August 16, 2000In May 1970, a VA regional office (VARO) determined that the appellant's schizophrenia was not related to his military service....
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CAVCCase 95-310 — Remanded / Denied / Vacated November 10, 1998sychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); the Board also concluded that new and material evidence had not been presented or secured to reopen his previo...
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CAVCCase 97-828 — Granted / Denied / Vacated March 30, 1999In the 1997 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied the PTSD claim because it was "based on noncombat-related unverified stressors", and because corroboration of an in-servic...
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BVACase 20005180 — Granted / Denied / Remanded September 24, 202414-09 226A DATE: September 24, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent onl...
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BVACase 230405-336506 — Denied / Granted / Remanded October 7, 2025The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
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BVACase 20-3886 — UnknownBe- cause we find no legal error in the Veterans Court’s interpretation of its standard of review and the benefit of the doubt rule, we affirm....
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CAVCCase 96-1624 — Affirmed July 21, 1998The Board concluded that the veteran did not suffer from any disability as a result of the administration of LSD-25....
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CAVCCase 90-178 — Affirmed / Vacated November 12, 1991The rating board denied service connection for a nervous condition because there was no evidence of 3 treatment for a nervous condition in service....
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BVACase 23007415 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 6, 202318-30 679 DATE: February 6, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is reopened, and to that extent o...
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CAVCCase 96-1695 — Denied / Affirmed October 30, 1998The RO declined to reopen the claim, finding that new and material evidence had not been introduced and that PTSD was not noted in the record....
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BVACase 23012576 — Denied / Granted / Remanded March 1, 2023New and material evidence has not been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic migraine headaches, and the claim to reopen is denied....
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CAVCCase 03-1208 — Granted / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed January 25, 2006Forcier's appeal from a June 13, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder....
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CAVCCase 90-1306 — Affirmed / Granted / Denied April 28, 1993chronic psychiatric disorder, panic disorder, was first manifested many years after service and is not related to service....
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BVACase 23063112 — Dismissed / Granted / Remanded November 29, 2023New and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection of a respiratory condition, to include allergic rhinitis and sinus...
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CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
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CAVCCase 98-354 — Reversed May 12, 2000In the January 1998 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied the veteran's claim for CUE in the April 1977 RO decision....
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BVACase 23038858 — Granted / Denied / Remanded July 13, 202319-09 657 DATE: July 13, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for adjustment disorder is reopened and to this extent only, the...
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CAVCCase 93-493 — Vacated February 4, 1994§ 5107(a), that "the facts relevant to the issue on appeal have been properly and adequately developed", and that VA had complied with its statutory duty to assist....
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CAVCCase 92-1372 — Vacated / Affirmed December 14, 1993Additionally in 1984, the RO denied reopening of appellant's claim for malnutrition based on no new and material evidence, and denied service connection in the first instance for n...
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CAVCCase 90-222 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated April 24, 1992The rating board concluded: "Veteran is not shown to be unemployable primarily because of [service-connected] condition....
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BVACase 25002467 — Denied February 20, 2025Thus, the Board finds that VA has satisfied the duty to assist....
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DecisionCase 25014217 — Granted / Vacated November 20, 2025The effective date of an award based upon receipt of new and material evidence after a final disallowance will be the date of receipt of the new claim or the date entitlement arose...
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CAVCCase 96-1596 — Granted / Affirmed September 8, 1998FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from an October 16, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that the veteran had failed to submit new and mater...
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DecisionCase 24016401 — Denied April 17, 202416-34 356 DATE: April 17, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence has not been received; the petition to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for a hiatal hernia is...
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CAVCCase 90-1540 — Reversed / Remanded February 9, 1993The hearing officer concluded that the evidence submitted subsequent to the 1953 Board decision was not considered new and material, and that the prior rating decision was "not fou...
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BVACase 200901-107174 — Granted / Denied / Remanded March 26, 2024The Veteran was notified of the denial in an October 2016 letter and did not initiate an appeal or submit new and material evidence within one year....
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BVACase 19-5212 — AffirmedThe Board reached that conclu- sion because, although it recognized that a veteran is entitled to the benefit of the doubt “where the evidence is in approximate balance,” it found ...
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CAVCCase 91-1535 — Reversedheld that: (1) claims were properly reopened; (2) remand was required for assignment of disability rating for reopened nervous disorder claim; and (3) Board's finding that five-yea...
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BVACase 190916-30775 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 1, 2024The rating of ten percent for right index finger scarring from July 31, 2006, to July 26, 2016, was not clearly erroneous, has already been restored, and since July 26, 2016, the r...
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CAVCCase 90-1394 — Vacated / Remanded January 13, 1993A January 31, 1977, rating decision found that this evidence was not new and material evidence so as to reopen the veteran's claim....
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BVACase 220615-252249 — Granted / Denied / Remanded August 25, 2025e present disability and the disease or injury incurred or aggravated during service-the so-called "nexus" requirement....
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CAVCCase 94-342 — Vacated August 30, 1995In the January 1994 BVA decision, the Board decided that "the preponderance of the evidence [was] against [the appellant's] appeal for an increased rating for [PTSD]....
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BVACase 23031314 — Dismissed / Granted / Denied / Remanded May 30, 2023The additional documentation submitted since the August 2009 and October 2012 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran'...
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BVACase 221114-297761 — Denied / Remanded March 13, 2025The question for the Board is whether the Veteran has a current disability that began during service or is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or dise...
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CAVCCase 90-476 — Denied / Reversed / Vacated February 6, 1992On April 26, 1960, the VA Regional Office (VARO) rating board denied service connection for psychoneurosis mixed type and rupture of nucleus pulposis with nerve root compression L-...
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CAVCCase 90-654 — Remanded August 19, 1991While stating that it did "not doubt the sincerity of the lay statements", the rating board found that "the evidence fails to establish that the veteran had any complaints of a hea...
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CAVCCase 96-947 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded January 20, 1999Additionally, the Board concluded that the veteran had never filed a Substantive Appeal as to claims for service connection for varicose 2 veins of the right leg and for an increas...
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CAVCCase 91-1948 — Vacated / Denied August 6, 1993Because the Board failed to provide adequate reasons or bases for its denial of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and for its conclusion that the veteran was ...
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CAVCCase 00-2083 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded May 24, 2002In January 1998, the RO declined to reopen the veteran's claim because new and material evidence had not been submitted....
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CAVCCase 03-1204 — Vacated / Remanded July 20, 2006Bradford's appeal from a May 9, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to...
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BVACase 220930-281637 — Denied / Remanded November 18, 2024Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
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CAVCCase 93-289 — Affirmed April 6, 1995The Board denied the appellant's claim and she filed a timely appeal to this Court....
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CAVCCase 92-976 — Denied / Vacated / Remanded December 20, 1993Duty to Assist/Reasons or Bases Requirements Section 5107(a) of title 38 of the United States Code provides that "a person who submits a claim for benefits under a law administered...
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CAVCCase 93-135 — Remanded December 6, 1994The appellant claims the BVA erred and its decision should be reversed because the relevant evidence in the record compels that he is entitled to a 30% disability rating under the ...
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CAVCCase 93-1098 — Affirmed April 13, 1995Barnett, appeals a September 13, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen her cla...
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CAVCCase 95-904 — Affirmed October 15, 1999The Board determined that his claims for service connection for a seizure disorder and a neck disorder were not well grounded....
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CAVCCase 03-2196 — Granted / Denied / Vacated / Remanded July 12, 2006In the decision on appeal, the Board denied an effective date earlier than April 15, 1992....
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CAVCCase 91-386 — Vacated / Remanded December 2, 1993In a decision dated October 24, 1990, the Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, stating that symptoms characteristic of PTSD were not noted in the c...
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CAVCCase 96-704 — Affirmed / Vacated August 11, 1998Anglin appeals a May 24, 1996, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision finding that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen claims for service connection for post-trauma...
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CAVCCase 93-288 — Affirmed November 21, 1994In a June 24, 1985, decision, the RO denied reopening of both the TDIU and chest-condition claims because new and material evidence had not been presented....
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CAVCCase 92-890 — Unknown August 8, 1994§ 5108, which requires the Secretary to reopen a previously and finally disallowed claim when "new and material evidence" is presented or secured with respect to that claim....
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BVACase 23012743 — Granted / Denied March 2, 2023The Veteran's headache disorder did not have its onset in, and is not related to, her service....
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BVACase 24000293 — Denied / Granted January 3, 2024The Board will grant the Veteran the benefit of the doubt, and grant service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed, pursuant to Clemons v....
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CAVCCase 99-1038 — Unknown June 4, 2002The Secretary argues that the Court should vacate the Board's decision and remand the claim because the Board failed to provide sufficient reasons and bases for its determination a...
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BVACase 190913-290924 — Remanded December 13, 2022However, neither private examiner provided a nexus opinion on whether his psychiatric conditions are due to service....
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CAVCCase 95-570 — Affirmed August 12, 1996The Board found that prior to his death, the anxiety neurosis was manifested by psychiatric symptoms including anxiety, feelings of depression, nightmares, and flashbacks....
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CAVCCase 97-778 — Vacated / Affirmed August 27,1998The BVA Decision On appeal to the BVA, the Board found that the evidence did not establish that the sexual assault had occurred in service and denied the appellant's claim for serv...
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CAVCCase 94-1031 — Vacated September 4, 1996Our records show that we notified you on March 9, 1978 that your claim for varicose veins, left testicle was disallowed and that you were permitted to appeal this decision within o...
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BVACase 23043749 — Granted / Remanded August 6, 202319-26 425A DATE: August 6, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a left knee disability....
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BVACase 02-03-423 — DismissedOn April 29, 2008, the Board denied Howlett’s claims, finding that he was “not a credible historian” and that the service and post-service medical records “outweigh[ed] the veteran...
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BVACase 19-4116 — Dismissed / Reversed / RemandedThus, the Court finds that the Board erred when it failed to address his contention that he has unad- judicated pending claims for service connection for generalized anxiety and ma...
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BVACase 21-6401 — UnknownShe argued that her claims remained open be- cause the VA had failed to address whether certain new evidence that she submitted within the relevant appeal pe- riod for her 1991 and...
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CAVCCase 93-595 — Denied August 11, 1995FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from a March 2, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which declined to reopen the appellant's claim for service connecti...
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BVACase 20-196 — Denied156(b) because it failed to assess whether his 2011 VA Form 21-8940 was new and material evidence that sup- ported that claim....
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CAVCCase 93-1213 — Unknown October 5, 1995In the September 1993 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied entitlement to a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes based on a finding that the veteran'...
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CAVCCase 95-005 — Denied January 16, 1997This case previously came before the Court on appeal from a June 13, 1990, BVA decision in which the Board denied DIC because the appellant had not met the criteria for DIC eligibi...
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CAVCCase 97-62 — Affirmed March 25, 1998Bostain, widow of veteran Carl Bostain, appeals a September 26, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) which determined that she had not submitted new and ...
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BVACase 210614-166291 — Denied August 21, 2024The Board must analyze the competency and credibility of the evidence, account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive and provide the reasons for its reje...
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BVACase 220321-229078 — Denied / Remanded / Granted October 29, 2024Service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravatio...
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BVACase 24032573 — Denied November 1, 2024The Board must analyze the competency and credibility of the evidence, account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive and provide the reasons for its reje...
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BVACase 230717-367795 — Denied / Remanded November 20, 2023If evidence was submitted during the period after the AOJ issued the decision, which was subsequently subject to higher-level review the Board did not consider it in its decision....