Anxiety decisions — 2009

The Board reopened the claims for service connection for a bilateral knee condition and a bilateral ankle condition, but denied the requests to reopen claims for service connection for anxiety neurosis, hysteria, and a bilateral foot condition.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected thoracolumbar spine disability and panic disorder with generalized anxiety disorder were denied as the evidence did not support higher ratings.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, body aches, joint and back pain, fatigue, anxiety, and short term memory loss are being remanded for additional development.

The appeal is remanded for a VA examination to determine the nature and severity of the veteran's psychiatric disorder, including whether it was incurred in or aggravated by service.

The veteran is granted special monthly compensation for the need of regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected low back disability.

The Board found that the September 1957 and June 1958 rating decisions proposing to sever and severing service connection for hypertension and anxiety reaction were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an anxiety condition, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are being remanded to afford the veteran VA examinations.

The appeal was remanded to address the possibility of a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and anxiety disorder, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's military service. The claim for bilateral hearing loss is remanded for further examination.

The veteran's anxiety disorder does not warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent.

The Board granted service connection for renal insufficiency as secondary to the veteran's service-connected type II diabetes mellitus and infectious hepatitis, but denied increased evaluations for peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities and upper extremities, and denied reopening claims for PTSD, dyspneic disorder with anxiety, and hypertensive vascular disease.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as there was no competent evidence linking any of these disorders to his military service.

The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for the service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and a rating greater than 10 percent for SFW residuals in the neck, pursuant to the terms of a Joint Motion for Partial Remand.

The veteran's anxiety disorder does not result in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, and therefore a rating in excess of 30 percent is denied.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than October 13, 2004 for the award of a 100 percent evaluation for anxiety reaction.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the appellant's service medical records and private treatment records.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety was rated at 50 percent from November 7, 2003, through August 17, 2008, and increased to 70 percent effective August 18, 2008. The veteran has been found unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's psychiatric disability, variously diagnosed as PTSD, psychological factors affecting physical conditions (gastrointestinal difficulties), dementia, and anxiety, is not the result of disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety disorder, secondary to the veteran's service-connected bronchial asthma, but denied service connection for bilateral athlete's foot, residuals of a tumor of the left foot, and a sinus disorder.