Anxiety decisions — 2005

The Board denied service connection for heart disability, hepatitis, and anxiety disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service. The veteran's claims for hepatitis and anxiety disorder were previously denied in a final rating decision from June 1985.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA examinations and determining if service connection can be established for various conditions.

The Board has remanded the case back to the RO for scheduling a videoconference hearing and further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence linking the veteran's death to his service-connected anxiety disorder, and requests a medical opinion on whether the service-connected condition contributed to or caused the cause of death.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction is currently rated at 50 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating assignable. The claims for increased evaluations of his left wrist and femur disabilities were also denied.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, described as generalized anxiety disorder with depression.

The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected disabilities met the criteria for TDIU as of June 8, 1998, and assigns an effective date of June 8, 1998.

The Board dismissed the appeal for failure to present valid claims of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in rating decisions from 1950 and 1956.

The Board has granted service connection for dysthymic disorder with severe anxiety effective March 22, 2019. The veteran's anxiety is related to his service-connected HIV-related illness and hepatitis B.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia was rated at 50%, which did not meet the criteria for TDIU. The RO denied his claim as there was no clear and unmistakable error in the March 1992 decision.

The Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's anxiety disorder with conversion disorder effective March 30, 2000. Prior to this date, the disability was rated at 10 percent.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including anxiety disorder, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was denied as his current diagnosed conditions were not shown to be related to his military service.

The Board granted an effective date of January 8, 1998 for the grant of a 70 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder and TDIU.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused or contributed to by a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and dysthymia, finding no competent medical or lay evidence indicating a chronic psychiatric disorder in service, manifested continuity of symptomatology after service, or that his current psychiatric disorders are otherwise related to his military service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further review of his claims for increased ratings for PTSD and traumatic chorioid rupture of the right eye, taking into account all evidence received since the April 2003 Supplemental Statement of the Case.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder with anxiety symptoms did not present such an exceptional or unusual disability picture as to render impractical the application of the regular schedular standards, thus denying his claim for an extraschedular rating.

The Board found that there is no credible evidence to support the veteran's claims of PTSD and other psychiatric conditions, as her in-service stressors were not corroborated by service records or other supporting evidence. The claim for secondary service connection was also denied.

The Board has granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the veteran's pre-existing condition was aggravated by military service.

The Board has decided to remand the veteran's claims for further development due to unclear nature and etiology of his psychiatric disorders, lack of evidence regarding specific stressors, and need for additional examination.