Anxiety decisions — 2008

The appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development, including providing VCAA-compliant notice and obtaining any additional evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection as there was no evidence supporting a relationship between his claimed conditions and military service.

The case must be remanded to the RO for initial consideration of new evidence and proper VCAA notice.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety disorder based on a medical opinion linking the veteran's current symptoms to his combat service.

The veteran's current hypertension was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen a previously denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and also denied entitlement to TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.

The appeal is remanded for an appropriate VA examination to determine whether the veteran's psychiatric disabilities are related to or had their onset during service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities of anxiety disorder and duodenal ulcer do not alone preclude substantially gainful employment, but the ratings for these conditions were adjusted accordingly.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder is of moderate severity and does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent. The veteran is also not unemployable as a result of his service-connected disabilities.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA psychiatric examination.

The veteran's anxiety disorder was rated at 30 percent effective January 2, 2004, due to occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and neurosis, to include an anxiety disorder, as the preponderance of evidence was against a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board grants service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, including agoraphobia, panic disorder, and obsessive compulsive neurosis.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability was rated at 70 percent from July 8, 2005, and his low back disability was rated at 40 percent effective August 31, 2006.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence was in relative equipoise and reasonable doubt should be resolved in favor of the appellant.

The veteran's chronic depression and anxiety disorder were incurred in service, and the Board grants service connection for these conditions.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right foot disorder, left foot disorder, bilateral tinea pedis, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation likely secondary to folliculitis, and hypertension were denied. The veteran was not granted any of the benefits sought.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a relationship between the veteran's current disability and his military service.

The veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include a currently diagnosed anxiety disorder, is related to his service.