Anxiety decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including verifying an in-service stressor related to a power plant blast and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disability. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on this additional evidence.

The Veteran's initial rating for depression with anxiety is being remanded due to the need for a contemporaneous assessment and consideration of worsening symptoms.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals regarding service connection for a left knee condition, left shoulder strain, and bilateral hearing loss. The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified anxiety disorder) is granted.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder not otherwise specified (PTSD) is rated at 70 percent from April 18, 2011. The Board also granted entitlement to TDIU prior to August 1, 2019 and remanded the rating for back strain/sprain residuals.

The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings on his service-connected chloracne, anxiety disorder, and chronic sleep impairment secondary to bilateral hearing loss is being remanded. The TDIU issue will be deferred until the increased rating claim for bilateral hearing loss is adjudicated.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional medical opinions. The issues include psychiatric disorders, bilateral knee conditions, prostate cancer, and vision disorder.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Epilepsy and an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include as secondary to epilepsy) due to new evidence received since the final April 1980 denial. The Veteran's original claim for a seizure disorder was denied in April 1980, but new evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for an acquired psychiatric disability and sleep apnea due to inadequate medical examinations. The cases will be returned for further evaluation.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU is remanded due to inadequate reasons and bases in the January 2021 Board decision. The issue has been returned to the Board for readjudication, including addressing evidence favorable to the Veteran and obtaining non-VA medical treatment records related to his service-connected eye disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence to verify an in-service stressor and for a VA examination to assess the Veteran's mental health status.

The Veteran's MDD with psychotic features and GAD were found to have started during his active service, leading to the grant of service connection.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and TDIU is remanded due to the need for additional medical records and information regarding his employment history.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, including anxiety disorder, has been rated at 100 percent prior to May 17, 2021. He also received special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate for this period.

The Board has remanded the claim for further evidentiary development due to inadequate opinions in previous examinations. The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities are being reviewed again, including PTSD and major depressive disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and anxiety, due to military sexual trauma (MST), finding that there was no credible evidence linking his current mental health conditions to his time in service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been shown to prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on these conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities, including anxiety, depression, cervical spine disability, left shoulder disability, upper and lower back spasms, right knee disability, left knee disability, and left foot disability. The reasons include a lack of service treatment records from the relevant periods.

The appeal has been dismissed due to the appellant's death, and no final decision can be made on these matters.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of all remaining issues.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and review of records. The issues include hepatitis, depression, anxiety, and a lumbar spine disability.