Anxiety decisions — 2019

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of a memory disorder. The Veteran's migraines are granted with a 50% rating, effective from initial entitlement. Service connection for sleep apnea is denied as there is no current diagnosis and it is not at least as likely as not related to in-service events or diseases.

The Veteran's CAD is granted as presumptively related to herbicide exposure. The psychiatric diagnoses of PTSD, depression, and anxiety are remanded for a supplemental medical opinion.

The Veteran's PTSD with features of depression, anxiety and chronic sleep impairment is currently rated at 70 percent. The Board found that the symptoms do not result in total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's bilateral foot condition, tinnitus, and anxiety disorder have been granted service connection. The disability ratings for the bilateral foot condition are set at 20 percent, while tinnitus is granted but no specific rating was assigned. Service connection has also been established for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include anxiety disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claim.

The Board has granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks, finding that the condition is related to the Veteran's service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including depressive disorder and anxiety, is granted as service connected. The Board found that the current disability is related to in-service events.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnoses of anxiety disorders and adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression are related to his service, including combat exposure. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and nightmares, is denied as he does not have a current diagnosis of such a condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus. The evidence did not show a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and TDIU have been dismissed due to her withdrawal of all issues on appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision.

The Veteran's Unspecified Anxiety Disorder with secondary Alcohol Use Disorder is granted as service connected, and the claims for sleep apnea and diabetes as secondary to her psychiatric disorder are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the temporary total rating and increased rating for PTSD was denied.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the 70 percent rating for PTSD was denied. The Board found that there is no medical evidence relating to the Veteran’s PTSD in the one year prior to his February 2017 application.,The Veteran's claim for a 100 percent rating for PTSD was granted, effective March 1, 2017.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's Generalized Anxiety Disorder is related to service and grants service connection for it. However, due to insufficient evidence regarding PTSD, the case is remanded for further evaluation.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder due to MST and finds that new evidence supports a link between her current diagnoses and military service. The claim is granted.

The Board has expanded the claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD to one for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety. The Veteran's August 2015 VA examination was deemed inadequate, and a new VA medical opinion is needed regarding the nature and etiology of his psychiatric conditions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted TDIU.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examination to determine the current extent and severity of his service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including right shoulder injury, low back injury/surgery, eye disabilities, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, lumps on back of right shoulder, residuals of sores on back of head, chloracne, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), insomnia, and depression. The remand includes obtaining VA treatment records from the San Antonio VAMC, National Guard or Reserve service records, and clarifying private audiological evaluation results.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, initial compensable rating for right hand status post fracture fifth metacarpal with right hand status partial fusion, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to inadequate examination reports and inconsistencies in the provided medical opinions.