Anxiety decisions — 2000

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction substantially or materially caused his death from a ruptured aneurysm of the brain, granting service connection for the cause of death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, finding that none of them required such assistance.

The veteran's claim for TDIU due to service-connected generalized anxiety disorder was denied by the VA Regional Office. The Board found that further examination is needed to assess the impact of his service-connected condition on his ability to work.

The veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with headaches is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has determined that this rating is not sufficient to reflect his current level of disability.

The veteran's mental disorder, which is characterized as a generalized anxiety disorder and includes symptoms of persistent delusions related to his POW history, has been found to be sufficiently disabling for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder is found to aggravate his separately arising hypertension, allowing for the grant of service connection for this additional disability.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder, currently rated at 30 percent.

The veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for his service-connected anxiety reaction are being remanded to the RO for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has granted a 100% disability evaluation for the veteran's anxiety reaction, effective from the date of this decision. The claim for individual unemployability due to service-connected depression is moot as he is already receiving a 100% rating.

The Board found that the veteran's claims of service connection for residuals of a tubal ligation and an anxiety disorder were not well grounded, as there was no competent medical evidence showing these conditions were related to service or her service-connected condition.

The veteran is seeking an increased evaluation for his service-connected anxiety reaction, currently rated at 50 percent. The case has been REMANDED to the regional office for further action.

The Board found no medical evidence linking the veteran's current psychiatric disorders to his service, except for a personality disorder. The claim for PTSD was granted based on combat events, but the diagnosis of PTSD was not linked to any specific in-service stressor.

The veteran's combined non-service-connected disability rating is 60%, which does not meet the requirement for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen his claim for service connection for anxiety state psychoneurosis, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right eye condition secondary to his left eye enucleation and for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected mixed anxiety, depressive state is granted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder was incurred during service and is granted as a result.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that there is no evidence to support a plausible claim for any of these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected anxiety reaction, finding that the symptoms associated with this condition did not warrant a rating higher than 30 percent.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his low back disorder and gunshot wound residuals, contributed substantially to causing the veteran's death from recurrent small cell lung cancer.