Anxiety decisions — 2002

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric impairment as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness, finding that his symptoms were due to known clinical entities and not related to an undiagnosed condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The VA has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder warrants a 30 percent initial rating, effective June 2000. The current symptoms do not meet the criteria for an increased rating.

The Board has granted service connection for the claimed conditions (depression, anxiety, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, stomach disorder, and heart disorder) as secondary to PTSD.

The VA denied an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder, currently evaluated as 30 percent disabling.

The Board found that the veteran's anxiety disorder did not cause or contribute to his death, and denied service connection for the cause of death.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability is productive of no more than mild or transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress. The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's psychiatric disability.

The veteran has been granted service connection for chronic dysthymic disorder with anxiety, which the Board determined was incurred during his active naval service.

The Board has granted service connection for an anxiety disorder and assigned a 30 percent disability rating effective December 18, 2000.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions of schizophrenia and anxiety disorder were not incurred or aggravated by active service, nor may a psychosis be presumed to have been incurred during such service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral myositis with discogenic disease L4-L5, L5-S1 and dysthymia with anxiety features. The current ratings of 40 percent and 10 percent are found to be appropriate based on the evidence of record.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for generalized anxiety with panic disorder was denied due to his failure to report for VA examinations.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizoaffective disorder, psychosis not otherwise specified, and anxiety disorder not otherwise specified. The evidence does not support a finding that any current psychiatric disability is related to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating and TDIU due to his service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Bipolar Affective Disorder, finding that the disability did not warrant a higher evaluation or meet the criteria for TDIU.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of anxiety disorder and panic disorder with agoraphobia, as no evidence was found between December 14, 1989 and October 31, 1995 that could be construed as a formal or informal claim.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's anxiety neurosis with psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction warrants a 30 percent disability evaluation, which is the maximum rating available under the applicable VA rating criteria.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for an anxiety disorder, finding that it is related to his military service. The claim for PTSD was denied as there was no verified in-service stressor.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected psychoneurosis, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected conditions did not cause or contribute substantially to his death, which was caused by arteriosclerotic heart disease.

The veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is rated at 50 percent disabling. The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantial gainful employment, thus denying his claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability.