Anxiety decisions — 2010

The Veteran's anxiety and panic disorders have been rated at 70 percent since June 8, 2005.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and verifying the Veteran's claimed stressors. The Veteran is also to be examined by a VA psychiatrist or psychologist to determine if his current psychiatric disabilities are related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a comprehensive psychiatric examination.

The Board found that the Veteran's anxiety disorder and personality disorder, hysterical type with immature features did not develop as a result of his military service. The preponderance of evidence is against the claim.

The Board found no evidence to support a finding that the Veteran's present psychological symptoms are related to any incident of active military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder with panic attacks and agoraphobia is found to be related to his military service, warranting the grant of service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine if the Veteran was exposed to asbestos during service and whether his current respiratory and psychiatric disabilities are related to service.

The Veteran's anxiety reaction was rated at 30 percent disabling in May 1961, and the Board finds no CUE in this rating decision. The appellant does not meet the criteria for DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 as her spouse did not have a combined disability rating of 100% due to service-connected disabilities for at least ten years immediately preceding death.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including depression, were not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied his claim.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran experienced stressors during his service in Vietnam and that these stressors are related to his current diagnosis of PTSD. Service connection for an anxiety disorder is remanded due to additional evidence received after a Supplemental Statement of the Case was issued.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for anxiety disorder was denied. The Board found that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the April 1954 rating decision, as the evidence did not clearly demonstrate that the condition existed prior to service.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is currently rated at 30 percent, the maximum schedular rating for this condition. The disability results in moderate impairment of social and occupational functioning.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted, and he was assigned a rating of 30 percent for his PTSD. The Board also found that the Veteran did not have sleep apnea or hepatitis C due to service, but he does have tinnitus, headaches, anxiety disorder, depression disorder, lower back disorder, upper back disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral hand disorders related to service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety, major depressive disorder and PTSD as separate disabilities is being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing. The Veteran's claims of service connection for hypertension, increase in rating for anxiety disorder, and TDIU rating are pending.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a review of the Veteran's post-service medical records and a VA examination to determine if there is sufficient evidence to concede the Veteran's claimed sexual assault stressor. The examiner will then assess whether any currently present psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is etiologically related to his active service.

The Board has granted service connection for the residuals of a stroke and an increased disability rating for anxiety reaction. The appellant is also found to be totally unemployable due to his service-connected anxiety reaction as of February 15, 2008.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as PTSD and anxiety, which represents a complete grant of the benefit sought on appeal.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and affording the Veteran an opportunity to provide additional evidence.