Anxiety decisions — 2022

The Veteran is granted total disability ratings for all service-connected disabilities in combination prior to January 19, 2022 and a total rating based solely on his acquired psychiatric disorder from that date. He also receives SMC at the housebound rate starting from January 19, 2022.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's current diagnoses and whether they conform to DSM criteria, as well as the need for an addendum opinion on the etiology of his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to additional development being needed, including obtaining more recent VA treatment records and a new VA examination.

The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, PTSD, dysthymia, panic disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder is granted. The issue of entitlement to service connection for the same conditions is remanded.

The Board has granted TDIU effective August 27, 2020. However, the Veteran also met the schedular requirements for TDIU on September 17, 2014 to May 13, 2015. The matter is REMANDED for further development and adjudication.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features, anxiety disorder, insomnia, MDD, and PTSD. The evidence did not support finding that any of these conditions were incurred in or related to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient consideration of all available evidence, including VA examination reports and treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, anxiety, and/or PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for updated VA treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) was reopened, and both claims were granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to missing VA treatment records and a need for an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of anxiety and depression.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and missing records. The Veteran is presumed to have PTSD, anxiety, and depression related to her in-service hazing and assault. Her lumbar and neck conditions are also being reviewed as they may be related to service, but more evidence is needed.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is found to be related to his military service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, has at least as likely as not prevented him from engaging in substantially gainful employment for which education and occupational history would otherwise qualify him since July 22, 2016. TDIU is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety disorder, is reopened. The Board finds that additional development is needed prior to adjudication of this claim due to the need for a new VA examination and opinion.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, as evidenced by his intermittent employment and significant earnings during periods of unemployment.

The Veteran was found unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities from July 2, 2007 to August 19, 2010.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder. The issues of service connection for CAD, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities are remanded due to inextricably intertwined with the denial of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board dismissed the appeals regarding hepatitis C and psychiatric disorders due to the appellant's death.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a separate psychiatric disability to include anxiety, alcohol dependence, and PTSD has been denied. The case is remanded for additional examinations regarding his bilateral knee and neck disabilities.