Anxiety decisions — 2015

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety and depression, is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran does not have PTSD and the Board finds that service connection for any acquired psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened and granted, with a rating of 30% effective from the date of receipt of his claim.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability, including depression and anxiety, is being remanded due to the need for additional development. The case will be returned to the Board for further review.

The Board found that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety, are not related to his military service. The Board determined that these conditions were more likely due to other factors such as pre-existing personality disorder and life stressors.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for residuals of electrocution to include electrical shock/burn, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD (to include depression and anxiety), and initial rating for PTSD prior to June 1, 2014 were denied.,PTSD was rated based on its impact on the Veteran's occupational and social impairment.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and anxiety), a sleep disorder, and a sinus condition. However, no new or material evidence was submitted to support these claims.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals are rated at 20 percent prior to October 8, 2014 and at 40 percent thereafter. The Veteran's psychiatric disability is rated at 70 percent effective October 8, 2014.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea have been granted service connection. The claim for fatigue is denied as it is considered a symptom of the other conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous directives and insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder is aggravated by his service-connected scars disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and bipolar disorder, is denied as there is no medical evidence to satisfy the third prong of the service connection claim.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and anxiety disorder, are found to be incurred in service.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for anxiety disorder and finds that new evidence submitted since the 1947 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. The Veteran's current anxiety disorder is presumed to have existed prior to service, as there was no preexisting condition noted at entry into service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors and to obtain a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any psychiatric disorder that may be present.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for depression and anxiety, to include as secondary to his service-connected pes planus, is being remanded due to the need for additional development of records.

The Board has granted service connection for anxiety and depression as secondary to residuals of a service-connected gunshot wound.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder have been rated at 50 percent since December 20, 2007. The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's claim for an increased initial rating for his anxiety disorder, NOS, with a depressive disorder was denied. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for prostate cancer is addressed in the REMAND portion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for MDD, GAD and PTSD have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. Service connection is granted for PTSD, MDD and GAD.