Anxiety decisions — 2022

The Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer is linked to his current voiding residuals, erectile dysfunction, and unspecified anxiety disorder. The PACT Act of 2022 grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to errors in duty to assist and issues related to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and other specified depressive disorder.

The Board has ordered additional development for the service connection claims related to high cholesterol, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression, anxiety, and a traumatic brain injury (TBI)), and a sleep disorder (including sleep apnea).

The Board has decided the case is not ready for final decision and has ordered a remand to obtain updated VA treatment records, investigate the reported incident of sabotage in service, and provide the Veteran with an examination to determine his acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU was granted with an effective date of September 29, 2010. The Board found that the Veteran was unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to her service-connected disabilities as of this date.

Service connection for hypertension is granted based on the PACT Act, and service connection for seminoma in the right testicle is denied. The appeal for an increased disability rating for tinnitus is dismissed.

The Veteran's PTSD with GAD and MDD is granted as service connected, while his facial paralysis with nerve damage to the left ear remains denied due to willful misconduct.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, back disability, and bilateral knee disability due to outstanding records and inadequate examination reports.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and incomplete medical records, requiring further evaluation of the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder with insomnia, is granted as service connected. OSA and bilateral PLMS are also granted as service-connected.

The Board has withdrawn the appeal of service connection for a prostate disability and has remanded several other issues related to various disabilities, including cervical spine, lumbar spine, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, foot, upper extremity, lower extremity neuropathies, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Veteran's claims are now pending again with the RO.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed for the period from December 26, 2012, to December 29, 2014. The case is remanded for further consideration of his TDIU claim during the interim period from December 29, 2014, to January 4, 2022.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and tinnitus due to inconsistencies in previous examinations and insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD with anxiety and depression and insomnia, is granted as service-connected. For the period prior to July 20, 2018, his right knee patellofemoral arthritis is rated at 10 percent.

The Board has found that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including depressive and anxiety disorders, was not properly notified of a scheduled examination. Another remand is necessary to schedule a telephone or file review examination for her psychiatric condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development and medical opinions regarding his mental health conditions during service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions and missing records. The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder is being reviewed again with a new VA examination.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and missing examination records. The issues include an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and tinnitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his generalized anxiety disorder and gastroesophageal reflux disease, have rendered him unable to work since the day after he was discharged from active service in March 2010. The Board has granted a TDIU effective March 8, 2010.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, OCD with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), a right knee disability, tinnitus, and neurological conditions affecting the legs and feet are all granted. The claim for service connection of low back disability is denied.