Anxiety decisions — 2003

The veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity as to preclude all forms of substantially gainful employment, and the Board finds that he meets the criteria for a TDIU.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected anxiety and depression do not warrant an evaluation in excess of 50 percent, as his symptoms are not reflective of more than moderate overall psychiatric impairment. The veteran is also found to be unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities but does not meet the criteria for a TDIU based on these conditions alone.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, characterized by generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD, has resulted in total social and industrial impairment since March 9, 1993.

The veteran's chronic anxiety disorder, diagnosed as a result of wartime service, has been granted service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is productive of total occupational impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is productive of total occupational impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, as well as being housebound. The Board has determined that these conditions are attributable to his service-connected psychiatric and back disorders.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim and determined that his anxiety disorder is related to a heat stroke he experienced during service, allowing for service connection.

The veteran's claim for increased rating and total unemployability due to service-connected disabilities has been granted. The left shoulder condition is rated at 40 percent, while the other conditions are also rated appropriately.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, encompassing depression and anxiety, is not productive of more than definite social and industrial impairment. The RO has denied the claim for an increased evaluation.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of treatment with LSD-25 by VA in 1967, but did not assign a rating or effective date as the case is still pending.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD and anxiety disorder effective from October 26, 1993. The veteran's right shoulder disability was rated at 30 percent since April 6, 1994.

The Board found that the veteran did not have service-connected disabilities and there was no evidence linking his death to any period of service, including presumed conditions due to exposure. The appellant's claims for dependency and indemnity compensation were denied.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder did not have its onset in service and was not manifest within one year thereafter. The Board also determined that the acquired psychiatric disability is not causally or etiologically related to and has not been aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. However, there is no credible evidence that the veteran engaged in combat with the enemy during his military service, and thus, the claimed stressors cannot be verified. The VA examiner found that the veteran does not meet the criteria for PTSD based on his current symptoms.

The Board has found new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the appellant's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including his testimony about anxiety and depression related to service. The appeal is granted.

The Board found no evidence of a generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder during service, and concluded that these conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The VA has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his anxiety disorder, currently rated at 30 percent. The disability is considered to be occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board finds that the veteran's death was not caused by a disability incurred or aggravated in service, and therefore, denies service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The VA denied the appellant's claim for an increased rating for his anxiety disorder, finding that it did not warrant a higher rating prior to May 30, 1995. From May 30, 1995, the VA also found no evidence of entitlement to a higher rating.