Anxiety decisions — 2021

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient diagnostic information during service and lack of objective measures. The Veteran's fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are being reviewed again, as well as her acquired psychiatric disability (including unspecified anxiety disorder and insomnia disorder) and respiratory condition.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder resulted in serious impairment in the ability to establish and maintain effective or favorable relationships with people, and pronounced impairment in the ability to obtain or retain employment from August 15, 1972 through June 30, 1975. From July 1, 1975 through June 28, 2006, the Veteran's anxiety disorder resulted in no more than definite impairment in the ability to establish or maintain effective or wholesome relationships with people.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of notification for a VA examination, and will schedule one in order to assess the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment since April 30, 2004. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted effective from that date.

The Veteran's PTSD and adjustment disorder with anxiety are granted service connection, as is his tachycardia secondary to the adjustment disorder. However, hypertension is denied as secondary to the adjustment disorder.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD with anxiety and depressed mood, is rated at 50 percent. The Board found that a higher rating was not warranted.,The Veteran’s TDIU claim has been remanded due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to concerns about the credibility of a private medical opinion and the need for further examination.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to issues with his sleep disorder, headaches, and psychiatric condition. The appeals are intertwined as they all relate to conditions that were not definitively resolved during previous reviews.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection and rating determinations related to various conditions, including left ear hearing loss disability, prostate cancer, an acquired psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine degenerative joint disease (DDD)/degenerative disc disease (DDD), and left lower extremity radiculopathy. The decision is due to the death of the Veteran.

The Veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder and anxiety disorder were granted an initial 70 percent disability rating, which is the maximum available under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders. The evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment.