Anxiety decisions — 2021

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder. Service connection was denied for bilateral pes planus.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Veteran's application to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma and several other issues were dismissed. The claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD and anxiety, was reopened due to new evidence. Other claims remain pending.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence, specifically SSA disability benefits records.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including schizoaffective disorder, mood disorder, and anxiety disorder. The claim is not about service connection in this context.

The Board has granted the reopening of the service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The case is remanded for further development and a new VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional opinions regarding his diagnosis and its relation to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his thoracolumbar spine disability and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathies, have rendered him unemployable since October 15, 2019. A TDIU rating is granted from that date.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed PTSD and anxiety disorder, specifically related to a verified in-service stressor.

The Board has granted service connection for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) as it is found to have first manifested during or is causally related to the Veteran's active service.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation as of October 10, 2015.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and remanded to obtain a new examination to determine if any of the claimed conditions are related to active duty service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and his service-connected left knee condition.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are related to her military service and whether her poly substance abuse is aggravated by any diagnosed psychiatric conditions.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.,The Board has remanded cases involving initial ratings for knee disabilities and a rating for adjustment disorder with depression to include anxiety.

The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for fibromyalgia and an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, anxiety, depression) was granted. Service connection is established for fibromyalgia.,Service connection for the acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending as a remand is required.

The Veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent prior to August 2, 2018 and later increased to 70 percent effective from that date. Both ratings were denied.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, acne with residual scarring, sleep apnea, tension headaches, left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, left knee degenerative joint disease, right shoulder tendinitis, lumbosacral spine degenerative arthritis, chronic right ankle strain, bilateral pes planus, right great toe injury, hypertension, left and right knee instability, and traumatic brain injury, have rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment since June 11, 2012.

The Veteran's application to reopen a claim for service connection for a psychiatric condition to account for hearing voices was granted. The Board also remanded the issues of service connection for left foot, back, right knee, and left knee conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate consideration of the Veteran's reported in-service personal assaults and other evidence, including a private PTSD evaluation. The Veteran is requested to provide additional evidence or inform VA about potential sources of such evidence.