Anxiety decisions — 2022

The Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder (claimed as PTSD), is granted service connection. The claim for a higher rating for sarcoidosis is remanded due to inadequate examination results. The TDIU claim is also remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder is being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disorders and their relationship to his military service. The VA needs to obtain additional treatment records and schedule a VA examination for an opinion on the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate consideration of the adequacy and staleness of previous VA examinations, particularly regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and its relationship to service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment due to his TBI, headaches, and adjustment disorder.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any currently diagnosed psychiatric disorders, including PTSD. The Veteran's claim for service connection will be remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder was denied, and the Board found that a TDIU from July 26, 2011, is granted. The case is remanded to consider service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD due to inadequate examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's diagnoses.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizoaffective disorder (claimed as PTSD), depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, insomnia, and mood swings, has been remanded due to the submission of new evidence. The Board found that there is insufficient competent medical evidence to make a fully informed decision on the claim.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions caused or aggravated her sleep apnea.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, to include anxiety and depression, are at least as likely as not secondary to his service-connected neurogenic bladder condition. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted on a secondary basis.

The Veteran's claims are being remanded to attempt to verify his service in Southwest Asia and obtain any missing personnel and medical records. The Board will then adjudicate the reopened claims based on the evidence received.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at a 70 percent disability rating, effective October 21, 2013. The decision does not address the effective date for this increased rating.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to January 17, 2014. The Board denied his claim for TDIU as the evidence does not show he was incapable of obtaining and maintaining gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities alone.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's in-service stressors and the need for a VA examination. The Veteran is not just diagnosed with PTSD, but also adjustment disorder and unspecified depressive disorder.

The Veteran's claims for migraine headaches and acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression and anxiety, are remanded due to new evidence received since the last final denial. The Board finds that the new evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, as well as tinnitus. The claims are being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions provided in prior VA examinations.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety. The issues of entitlement to a higher rating for lumbosacral strain and TDIU are remanded.

The Board dismissed the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability as it has been fully granted with the grant of service connection for adjustment disorder, chronic with mixed anxiety and depressed mood in a June 2022 rating decision.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety as secondary to service-connected disabilities, and his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to in-service stressors not fully addressed.