Anxiety decisions — 2023

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a disability rating under VA regulations.,PTSD and GAD are currently rated at 50 percent prior to March 25, 2019. The Veteran is seeking a higher rating.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for depression and anxiety have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his requests to proceed with these issues.,Service connection has been granted for right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, right hip disorder, and left knee disorder. The Veteran's obesity is considered an intermediate step between his service-connected back disability and these disorders.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, unspecified anxiety disorder, and depression, finding that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection due to lack of evidence supporting a stressor related to in-service helicopter training.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to July 3, 2014. The case will then be referred to the VA's Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 18, 2018 for a 100 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder and major depression with PTSD and trichotillomania was denied.,The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for costochondritis with restrictive lung disease and asthma is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's in-service stressor of witnessing a fellow servicemember die by electrocution.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, and GAD, is granted as service-connected.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety disorder and PTSD. The decision finds that there is credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors and grants service connection based on direct service connection.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, is granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's headache disability, including migraine and tension headaches, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, is remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for initial increased ratings and earlier effective dates for bilateral hearing loss. The appeal of entitlement to an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is remanded.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further VA examinations and opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed seizures, convulsions, and anxiety.

The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms prior to February 20, 2018, resulted in total occupational and social impairment due to grossly inappropriate behavior. The Board granted a 100 percent evaluation for the veteran's psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including verifying service in Panama and obtaining a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depression and anxiety, is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA opinions regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and PTSD. The matter is now pending for further examination.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for arthritis of the legs and retina myopathy have been dismissed. The Board has granted service connection for Parkinson's disease due to herbicide exposure, but has remanded issues related to acquired psychiatric disability, dysarthria, dementia, aneurysms, COPD, and enlarged prostate.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for a retrospective opinion on his ability to work based on his service-connected conditions from June 25, 2000, to July 20, 2017. The Board cannot make this determination without independent medical evidence.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeals for all issues on appeal.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression and anxiety as secondary to various in-service conditions, finding no medical evidence supporting a link between these disabilities and his military service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for mental health, including anxiety and depression.