BVA Decisions on Anxiety
121 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving anxiety. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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Case 11-2349 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated August 10,2012SCHOELEN, Judge :The appellant, Mark McClellan III ,appeals through counsel a June 22, 2011,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1)determined new and material evidence h...
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Case 24-4659 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacated August 29,2025On May 10,2024,the Board denied disability ratings for MDD with anxious distress in excess of 10%for the period from August 10,2015,to November 14,2018; in excess of 50%for the per...
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Case 12-2616 — Remanded / Reversed / Vacated May 21,2014Osowiecki and, on remand,the Board determined the RO decision to be void ab initio,and the 10%was restored,effective April 1, 1969....
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Case 18-1103 — Vacated / Remanded May 29,2020The examiner also noted that the appellant had described the severity of his PTSD as mild,but the examiner gave the appellant the benefit of the doubt that his symptoms wax and wan...
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Case 11-3732 — Affirmed / Remanded July 9,2013The Board denied disability compensation for headaches,noting that (1)evidence demonstrating headaches in service related the headaches to the appellant's sinus problems, and the a...
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Case 96-1214 — 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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Case 15-2585 — Vacated / RemandedThis matter was referred to a panel of the Court, with oral argument,to address the circumstances under which the duty to assist requires VA,in a claim for service connection for a...
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Case 19-5724 — Vacated / Remanded March 16,2023She also argues in her initial brief that an August 1990 rating decision never addressed whether this evidence from 1989 and 1990 was new and material evidence within the meaning o...
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Case 23-5618 — Affirmed November 25,2024McDonough ,the appellant argues that remand is required for the Board to use the correct test for 'employment in a protected environment,'that his employment did or did not shield ...
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Case 14-3126 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 16,2015As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because VA had conducted all development necessary to substantiate the claims....
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Case 23-5486 — Unknown March 31,2025In April 2021,the Board remanded the case for an additional medical opinion, noting that the October 2020 medical opinion did not address the questions posed in the Board's remand ...
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Case 12-1845 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded March 20,2014For the reasons that follow,the Court will reverse the Board's finding that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence sufficient to reopen his 1 The Board referred to a ...
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Case 23-2829 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 30,2024However,after weighing the evidence,the Board found the veteran's contemporaneous statements at separation from service,which denied headaches and muscle pain,to be more credible t...
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Case 10-1267 — Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed / Vacated December 29,2011, through counsel,appeals an April 5, 2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims to reopen a previously denied claim for servic...
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Case 22-5983 — Affirmed December 12,2023Parties'Arguments The appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases because the Board did not sufficiently consider the January 2016...
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Case 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed January 31,2017Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
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Case 21-2635 — Vacated / Remanded July 26,2022The RO advised the appellant that [e]fforts to obtain [his] service treatment records from all potential sources were unsuccessful and that [t]he [NPRC]reported that the records ma...
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Case 10-1922 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed December 5,2011Because the Secretary concedes,and the Court agrees, that the Board provided inadequate reasons or bases for its determination that new and material evidence had not been received,...
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Case 23-0038 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded June 28,2024In response to a claim received on March 15,2018, 4 a VA regional office (RO) denied service connection for both diabetes and anxiety based on a lack of new and material evidence,a...
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Case 23-4298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 30,2024Additionally,the Board awarded disability compensation for pseudofolliculitis barbae and found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for disability com...
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Case 19-7428 — Remanded / Vacated April 1,2021The examiner noted that the appellant's headaches are not related to his TBI,but he did develop some personality changes following his in-service head injury,which he believes have...
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Case 94-661 — 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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Case 22-4895 — Vacated / Remanded September 29,2023A VA examiner in October 2013 concluded that the appellant's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was less likely than not related to service....
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Case 21-7788 — Vacated / Remanded April 18,2023The RO also denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and explained that the evidence submitted in connection with the current cla...
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Case 03-0221 — Affirmed / Remanded July 27, 2007Ellison's request for revision on the basis that the 1971 Board failed to consider the possible application of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU),...
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Case 94-1080 — Affirmed / Vacated November 26, 1996Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
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Case 21-5718 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 31,2022For the following reasons,the Court will vacate the Board's decision to the extent that the Board failed to address the reasonably raised issue of entitlement to secondary service ...
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Case 21-3588 — Unknown October 25,2022March 2021 Board Decision In the March 2021 decision on appeal,the Board noted that in September 2020,the veteran had timely appealed a September 2019 rating decision and requested...
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Case 21-3379 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 18,2022Following the examination,VA sought an additional medical opinion,explaining that the prior examiner also noted a diagnosis of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH),a condition that i...
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Case 08-3802 — Affirmed November 8,2010Because the Board's findings that VA complied with its duty to assist and provided adequate medical examinations were not clearly erroneous,and because the Board provided an adequa...
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Case 12-2012 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated January 30,2014The appellant averred that the veteran submitted new and material evidence within the one-year appeal period and that VA had failed to adjudicate the claim on the merits....
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Case 14-2165 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded October 21,2016Fernandez appeals a June 24,2014,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision wherein the Board determined that the character of his discharge from his period of service from March 19...
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Case 17-1885 — Affirmed July 10,20185103A(d),the Secretary's duty to assist includes providing a medical examination or obtaining a medical opinion when such an examination or opinion is necessary to make a decision ...
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Case 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed October 2,2009In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
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Case 23-4310 — Vacated / Remanded November 14,2024The Board found that neither the October 2020 nor the November 2020 examiner had adequately addressed whether VA had acted carelessly or negligently by not properly numbing the inc...
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Case 22-491 — Unknown March 3,20233 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases supporting its findings denying service connection for both a psychiatric disability and OSA, and be...
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Case 17-3135 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 12,2018The examiner also concluded that the appellant's in-service back muscle strain and muscle spasm had resolved without residuals,and that such conditions did not cause and were not r...
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Case 17-0995 — Vacated / Remanded May 30,2018After finding that VA had satisfied its duty to assist by obtaining various post-service medical records and providing adequate examinations relevant to each disability,R....
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Case 20-7178 — Affirmed March 31,2022In the June 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied an initial disability rating greater than 50%for PTSD and an effective date earlier than November 16,2012,for the award of SMC(...
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Case 23-4291 — Vacated / Remanded December 30,2024The Board found that [t]he [v]eteran's PTSD more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, and the Board noted that his symp...
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Case 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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Case 24-2039 — Unknown May 7,2025The Secretary concedes the Board erred in denying a TDIU....
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Case 15-1477 — Affirmed / Remanded June 7,2016Decision on Appeal In the March 2015 decision on appeal,the Board determined that Mr....
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Case 19-8155 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed September 2,2020In his informal brief, the appellant does not challenge the Board's denial of an earlier effective date for the award of benefits of bilateral instability of the knees,or the Board...
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Case 19-9098 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded May 6,2021VA afforded the appellant a medical examination in May 2011;the examiner opined that the appellant's history of noise exposure has no bearing on the diagnosis of Menier[e]'s diseas...
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Case 22-7345 — Vacated / Remanded December 28,2023The examiner opined that the veteran's sleep apnea was not related to any type of [G]ulf [W]ar exposure event and that the condition was more likely caused by obesity....
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Case 09-3181 — Vacated / Affirmed July 27,2011Because the Board failed to ensure compliance with its September 2007 remand order regarding Mr....
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Case 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated June 8, 2009Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
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Case 93-644 — 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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Case 17-4733 — Vacated / Remanded June 26,2019Mizell ,through counsel,appeals an August 17,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for the appellant's post-traumatic stress ...
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Case 15-4758 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed February 14,2017The Board also granted the appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus and assigned a disability rating of 10%and reopened and remanded his claim...
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Case 19-2640 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated April 16,2021at 79,and he contended that when assigning the effective date VA had failed to consider and correctly apply 38 C....
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Case 18-6734 — Affirmed December 3,2019In the decision here on appeal the Board denied service connection for each of the claimed conditions....
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Case 11-2889 — Affirmed May 13,2013Specifically,the Board denied (1)the PTSD claim because there was no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD (R....
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Case 23-7340 — Unknown April 10,2025Hughes sustained to his head and neck 2 Case:23-7340 Page: 3 of 21 Filed:04/10/2025 in August 1965 were not service connected because he did not enter active service until February...
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Case 21-4066 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded October 19, 2022In the May 2021 decision here on appeal, the Board denied Mr....
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Case 06-488 — Vacated May 21, 2008HAGEL, Judge : Andrew Estrada-Medina appeals through counsel a December 30, 2005, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for post-...
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Case 93-1111 — Affirmed / Vacated / 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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Case 21-8248 — Unknown January 4,2023In a July 2017 rating decision,the RO declined to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder,claimed as nerves, depression,anxiety,and post-trauma...
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Case 22-7156 — Unknown February 9,2024Reyes-Gonzalez's depression was not related to service and the RO denied service connection for PTSD based on insufficient evidence of an in-service stressor....
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Case 20-5175 — Affirmed July 16,2021The Board found that the July 2018 and October 2018 private and VA examiners, respectively,found that Mr....
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Case 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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Case 14-0334 — Vacated / Remanded October 19,2015On November 8,2013,the Board denied the appellant entitlement to service connection for (1)a psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and (2)a depressive disorder with mixed anxiety fe...
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Case 20-4504 — Unknown January 31,2022PIETSCH, Judge :The appellant,Robert Rentfrow, through counsel,appeals a March 5, 2020,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied (1)a disability rating i...
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Case 14-4007 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed September 1,2015Among other things,the Board denied the appellant's claims for disability compensation for bilateral cervical radiculopathy,dry eye syndrome,and a left knee disorder (other than sh...
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Case 78-144 — Vacated / Remanded March 31, 2006Wagner [ View ] [ Download ] [ Details ] Previous document | Next document had t presented new and material evidence to reopen his previously and finally denied claims Kent 04-181....
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Case 21-4580 — Unknown February 9,20233 Because the September 2019 and September 2020 VA medical opinions on which the Board relied are inadequate,and because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reason...
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Case 18-5935 — Affirmed December 17,2019The RO denied his claims for benefits for COPD,hepatitis C,and PTSD and found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim for benefi...
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Case 23-4293 — Remanded / Vacated August 9,2024In April 2023,the appellant requested another 60-day extension of time,until July 4, 2023,to submit evidence and argument,but the Board denied the request later that month,finding ...
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Case 20-7943 — Vacated / Remanded January 31,2022Many of these conditions couldbe service connected on a presumptive,direct,or secondary basis upon demonstration that the veteran served in Vietnam � but the Board failed to adequa...
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Case 24-0265 — Unknown May 14,2025In a September 2015 male-reproductive-system examination,the examiner found no current disability....
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Case 11-1323 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated May 17,2013Nance ,through counsel,appeals an October 20,2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision that found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen a claim for e...
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Case 17-1483 — Vacated October 26,2017To comply with this requirement,the Board must analyze the credibility and probative value of the evidence,account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive,...
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Case 24-7841 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed September 30,2025In May 2023,the Board denied entitlement to (1)an effective date prior to December 9, 2014,for the award of benefits for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy;(2) a rating in exc...
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Case 11-2546 — Vacated / Remanded February 15,2013Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases,the Board's decision will be vacated and the matter remanded for further adjudication....
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Case 17-4391 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated March 18,2019hat condition encompassed claims for benefits for all of his cardiovascular conditions and that the Board failed to consider entitlement to benefits for those conditions....
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Case 20-3569 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed February 14,2022The spine examiner diagnosed degenerative arthritis of the spine,noted that the appellant's statements that he fell and injured his back in service and has complained of pain since...
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Case 23-3526 — Unknown September 25,2024at 32,398-405,and in a June 2020 decision,the Board denied a disability rating higher than 10% for tinnitus,R....
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Case 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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Case 21-0246 — Vacated / Remanded February 28,2022Gronek,appeals the September 17, 2020, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to (1)service connection for a right knee condition; and (2)a...