Anxiety decisions — 2011

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a right wrist disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder (manifested by anxiety or nervousness) are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining more recent personnel records and medical records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for PTSD is granted, as his in-service sexual assaults exacerbated and contributed to his current symptoms.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depression and anxiety, is being remanded due to the need for further development regarding his in-service stressor.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was substantially or materially contributed to by his service-connected dysthymia and generalized anxiety disorder, which led him to abuse alcohol and develop hepatorenal syndrome.

The Board found that the Veteran's anxiety disorder is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board is remanding the case for a VA psychiatric examination to determine if any of the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric disorders are related to his military service, and whether he had a psychosis that manifested itself in the first post-service year. The appeal will be returned to the Board for further consideration.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disorder and its relation to service.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations and further evidentiary review.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a VA psychiatric examination and obtaining relevant VA treatment records.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional records and further compliance with VA's duty to assist.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C, anxiety, and depression. As a result, these claims remain denied.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability (anxiety neurosis in a passive-aggressive personality with paranoid traits) is rated at 70 percent, which approximates the criteria for total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development to determine if his acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, is related to his military service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and lung scarring associated with pulmonary tuberculosis, finding that there is no evidence of such conditions in service or within one year post-service. The current diagnoses are unrelated to service.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, dysthymic disorder, depression, and bulimia, is being remanded due to the need for additional development. The claim of service connection for tinnitus remains pending.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD is related to his active duty service and grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU benefits was granted effective February 3, 2006. The decision is based on the severity of his service-connected depressive disorder and degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine.

The Veteran's claims for posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorder were both denied, but the claim for anxiety disorder was granted as it had onset in service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are related to his active military service.

The Board has granted service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety with short-term memory loss and irritability.