Anxiety decisions — 2017

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete information and procedural issues, including a failure to provide the Veteran with necessary forms for obtaining treatment records. The claims will be reconsidered after all requested development is completed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, NOS, or unspecified depressive disorder, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, and thus denied service connection for such condition. The evidence did not support a finding of service connection based on exposure to insects or any other basis.

The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to scheduling issues for a Travel Board hearing. The appeals will be reconsidered after the hearing.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a qualifying diagnosis of PTSD, psychosis, or a psychotic disorder and his currently-diagnosed panic disorder did not begin during service. Therefore, the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety. Additional development is needed including obtaining VA medical records and a mental health professional opinion.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and private medical records, scheduling examinations, and readjudicating the claims.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression, warranted a 50 percent rating from August 13, 2007 through July 22, 2012.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for anxiety disorder, right ankle sprain, and scars of the right foot were granted. The claim for service connection for PTSD was denied. Service connection for bilateral flatfoot was also denied.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death. The remaining issues were not addressed as the appellant has withdrawn them.

The Veteran's PTSD and anxiety reaction were manifested by occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks prior to August 23, 2011. The Board found that the symptoms did not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorders. The examiner must address whether any current psychiatric disorders are related to the Veteran's hardship discharge from active duty.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate medical opinions and in order to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for psychiatric disabilities, fatigue, and arthralgias.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude his substantially gainful employment through May 23, 2016.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since October 1, 2011.

The Veteran was granted service connection for PTSD and Anxiety Disorder, effective prior to June 3, 2015. He is currently rated at 30 percent for sinusitis.,Effective June 3, 2015, the Veteran's sinusitis has been rated as 50 percent disabling.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to incomplete medical opinions regarding his acquired psychiatric disorders, other than PTSD.

The Veteran's sleep apnea and anxiety disorder are both granted, but the rating for anxiety disorder is only granted from February 27, 2015 onward. The Veteran's service connection claim for sleep apnea was denied.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as secondary to residuals of a service-connected pilonidal cyst) and a lower spine disability (claimed as secondary to residuals of a service-connected pilonidal cyst). The claims for bilateral hip pain, coccydynia, and male pelvic pain were also denied. New and material evidence was not received to reopen the claims for these conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety, are granted service connection. The claim for PTSD is pending as additional evidence is needed.