Anxiety decisions — 2010

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining mental health records from service and a VA psychiatric examination to determine if any current acquired psychiatric disorders are related to active duty service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his request for a Travel Board hearing. The claims of service connection will be reconsidered after the hearing.

The Veteran is granted service connection for tinnitus and generalized anxiety disorder, as these conditions are found to be related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for further development, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination to determine the nature and extent of his anxiety disorder with agoraphobia.

The Veteran's headaches are rated at 50% due to their severe impact on daily activities. Service connection for a psychiatric disability, including anxiety disorder and nervous condition, is granted as new evidence has been submitted. Service connection for lumbar disc disease secondary to service-connected labyrinthitis is also granted.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for a psychiatric and dermatology examination to assess his claimed conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for an additional examination to determine the etiology of his diagnosed psychiatric conditions and whether they are related to service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous condition, which is now considered as a psychiatric disorder. The VA specialist concluded with reasonable medical certainty that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) was incurred in service.

The Board has granted service connection for an anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's current anxiety symptoms are related to his military service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The case is REMANDED for additional development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a mood disorder, including adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, is being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the onset and aggravation of his psychiatric condition during or prior to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including anxiety disorder, burns, myositis ossificans, impingement of the right shoulder, tardy ulnar palsy, hypoesthesia, and residual burns, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board finds that the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms, including anxiety and depression, are related to his military service and grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of issues related to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, bipolar disorder, and anxiety attacks, as well as whether new and material evidence has been submitted sufficient to reopen a claim for hearing loss.

The Board has granted service connection for a right foot disorder, an anxiety disorder as secondary to the right foot disorder, and a depressive disorder as secondary to the right foot disorder. The low back disorder is now being addressed due to its relation to the right foot disorder.

The Veteran's service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and depression, is granted. From August 21, 2006, the Veteran's peptic ulcer disease is rated at 20 percent.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety neurosis in February 1979. The Veteran's motion alleging clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was denied as the evidence did not compel a different result.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and anxiety disorder, finding that new evidence did not establish a valid stressor or support a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an anxiety disorder, to include PTSD, and right foot and right leg conditions have been denied. The Board found that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD due to lack of specific in-service stressors and no current evidence supporting such a diagnosis.

The Veteran's appeal of the increased rating for right shoulder bursitis was withdrawn. The Board granted an initial evaluation of 100 percent for service-connected PTSD, finding that his symptoms approximated total occupational and social impairment.