Anxiety decisions — 2023

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete VA records and requests for private psychiatric treatment records. The Veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety and depression, as well as a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of an ununited right scaphoid fracture, are now pending.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (anxiety and depressive disorder), but denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability.

The Veteran's claims for right foot, hip, back, rib cage, and psychiatric disabilities are remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from March 18, 2011 to March 19, 2012 due to her service-connected disabilities preventing her from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a back condition, right foot condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient medical opinions addressing the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and unspecified trauma disorder. The decision is based on a finding that these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD. A new VA examination is needed to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for his psychiatric conditions is granted, with the effective date set at April 26, 2018.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for schizoaffective disorder was granted with an effective date of March 11, 2009. The appeal regarding the earlier effective date for hiatal hernia is still pending.

The Veteran's claims for psychiatric, ear, and ankle disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and records.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, finding that these conditions are presumed to have existed prior to his military service but were aggravated by it.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for a new medical opinion regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including bipolar disorder. The examiner must consider the Veteran's history of anxiety and depression during service and his statements about in-service events.

The Veteran's claims for an increased rating for major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, as well as a TDIU due to service-connected disability, are being remanded due to the need for new VA examinations and additional medical records.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating of 60 percent for CAD is granted. The Veteran also receives a TDIU from August 28, 2019 to November 30, 2019 and SMC during the same period.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his right foot or ankle condition, chronic left wrist condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's appeals for an increased rating and TDIU have been dismissed due to his death. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate these matters as the appeal is not about service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives and the appellant's request for a third-party examination. The VA examiner must provide an addendum opinion regarding the service connection claim, including opinions on personality disorders and aggravation by sexual assault.

The Board has determined that additional medical opinions are needed to address the Veteran's psychiatric disorders and their relationship to service or service-connected TBI. The case is therefore being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder are related to his active-duty service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service or secondary to his service-connected disabilities.