Anxiety decisions — 2022

The Veteran's anxiety disorder was rated at 30% from December 1, 2017 to October 1, 2018. From February 6, 2016 to November 30, 2017, the rating remained at 30%. The appeal is pending for a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder, TDIU, and SMC based on housebound status and/or aid and attendance due to issues with obtaining a medical opinion. The Veteran's service-connected conditions include major depressive disorder with anxiety, personality disorders, substance addiction disorders, cocaine use disorder, alcohol use disorder, and cannabis use disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and anxiety, are related to his military service. The examiner is asked to provide a comprehensive opinion addressing these issues.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, were not incurred in or related to his period of service and are not caused by any service-connected disability. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a right foot disability due to incomplete records and insufficient medical opinions. The AOJ is instructed to obtain all available service personnel and treatment records, especially from the Reserve period of service. They are also directed to schedule VA examinations to address the etiology of the Veteran's right foot disability and his acquired psychiatric disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for substance abuse disorders and acquired psychiatric disorders, finding that the Veteran's conditions were due to willful misconduct during active duty.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to the need for new and material evidence regarding his psychiatric disorder, as well as for VA examinations to assess his bilateral knee disabilities, sciatic nerve disabilities, and low back disability.,VA has also been instructed to schedule the Veteran for an examination to confirm any current ankle disabilities and provide opinions on their etiology.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection due to the appellant's death.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's social anxiety disorder is related to service. The Veteran was stationed in Vietnam and Ayers Kaserne near Kirch-G�ns, Germany during his military service.

The Board has decided to remand several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including hearing loss, depression/anxiety (claimed as PTSD), lower back condition, headaches/migraines, and sleep apnea. The reasons for remanding these cases include needing a new VA examination due to the passage of time since the last examination, verifying stressor events in service, and considering whether the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder, are related to her service or any of her service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to his claimed acquired psychiatric disorders, memory problems, and sleep disorder. The issues are related to presumed exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for various conditions, including COPD, Graves' disease, stomach problems, chronic pain syndrome, coronary atherosclerosis with stent, hypertension, reflux, and psychiatric disabilities have been granted. The issues of service connection for otitis externa, otitis media, cold injury residuals of the upper and lower extremities are also remanded.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment. The appeal was also remanded for issues related to TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the eligibility criteria for financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or adaptive equipment under VA regulations.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. The decision finds that the Veteran's current anxiety disorder is related to his combat experience in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the Board has determined that additional development is needed before a decision can be made on these claims.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back disability, but has found that new evidence is needed to determine their etiology.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development of evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected narcolepsy with cataplexy and his claimed psychiatric disorders, including panic disorder and anxiety disorder.

Service connection granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder.,Service connection denied for hepatitis B.