Anxiety decisions — 2008

The Board has determined that the veteran's anxiety disorder with depression is a result of an anaphylactic reaction to vancomycin administered by VA, which caused additional disability. The claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for a clarification on whether any diagnosed psychiatric disorder is related to service, including treatment for colon cancer in 1968.

The Board has determined that the veteran's restrictive airways disease is not related to his service, and therefore denied this claim. The veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder (Anxiety, Major Depression, PTSD).,The veteran's mental health condition includes anxiety, major depression, and PTSD, with symptoms such as irritability, impaired impulse control resulting in threatened violence, hypervigilance, panic attacks, and nightmares.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing assistance or special home adaptation grant, automobile and adaptive equipment, or SMC based on need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, Anxiety Disorder, and Depressive Disorder due to a lack of evidence supporting these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and an increased rating for his right ankle disability. The veteran was already in receipt of the maximum schedular rating available under the applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including clarifying whether the veteran wants a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge and scheduling such a hearing if requested.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a lack of clarity in medical opinions regarding the relationship between the veteran's current psychiatric disorders and his service.

The veteran is seeking a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities, but the VA has not provided an examination assessing whether he can secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and a mental condition. The VA has determined that further development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disabilities diagnosed.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a right knee disorder, but the claim remains denied as there is no competent medical opinion associating the veteran's current right knee condition with military service.

The Board denied service connection for a left wrist disability, depression, and anxiety with panic attacks. However, the veteran was granted an initial evaluation of 10 percent for his left thumb fracture.,Service connection for these conditions is not established.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for VCAA compliant notice and additional VA examination to determine if his generalized anxiety disorder is causally related to or aggravated by his service-connected organic brain syndrome.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not service-connected based on direct evidence and there is no credible evidence of in-service injury or disease. The skin rash claim lacks sufficient supporting medical evidence.

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain medical opinions regarding the onset and relationship of the veteran's obsessive compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder to his active service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depression, anxiety, and PTSD, was incurred in active service.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected depressive disorder with anxiety disorder and alcohol abuse. The initial evaluation prior to December 4, 2006 was denied as not meeting the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent. As of December 4, 2006, the VA also denied a higher evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbosacral strain, depression and anxiety, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, and right great toe disorder, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. His TDIU claim is granted.