Anxiety decisions — 2023

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for depression, anxiety, insomnia, and panic disorder as well as pain disorder have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his claims prior to a decision being made.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for loss of vision, anxiety condition, diabetes, stroke, aortic valve replacement, and high blood pressure as there is no evidence to support that these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The examiner is requested to provide a thorough opinion addressing the onset of each condition during active service or its relation to it, as well as whether any condition is secondary to or aggravated by the service-connected left knee disability.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including alcohol use and anxiety disorders. The claim for sleep impairment is dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection for the psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of an examination and updated treatment records, as well as the need for further analysis on whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is related to his service.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a recurrent lumbar spine disability, recurrent skin disability (PFB), recurrent sleep disability (obstructive sleep apnea), diabetes mellitus, and testicular disability (testicular cancer) as well as his psychiatric disability. The VA is instructed to obtain service records and verify the Veteran's periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the Navy Reserve.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including seeking opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disabilities and their relationship to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and need for additional treatment records. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety disorder NOS, depression, mood disorder NOS, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and adjustment disorder, is being reviewed.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for ADHD, a psychiatric disorder, and low back disability due to outstanding VA treatment records and private mental health records. The Veteran is also required to undergo examinations to determine the current severity of his service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder (claimed as bipolar disorder with anxiety, depression, and insomnia) was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The Board found that the Veteran's currently diagnosed psychiatric disorder is more likely than not incurred in service.

The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to engage and retain substantially gainful employment, which the Board has granted for TDIU.

The Board has decided to remand two issues: one regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and another regarding reopening of a previously denied claim for degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine with bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal is remanded due to new evidence being added since the last decisions.

Your appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed as the claim was fully granted in a previous rating decision.

The Veteran's carpal tunnel syndrome of the right wrist is granted service connection. The acquired psychiatric disability, to include an adjustment disorder with anxiety, is remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for depression and an increased rating for PTSD and anxiety are being remanded due to the overlap in symptoms and need for a new examination.

The Veteran's tinnitus and left lower extremity radiculopathy are granted service connection. The Veteran is also granted a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his right lower extremity radiculopathy, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, and anxiety disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with anxious distress has resulted in occupational and social impairment, warranting a 70 percent disability rating.

The Board has combined and expanded the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for depression, anxiety, and PTSD into one claim. The Board also found new and material evidence to reopen her previously denied PTSD claim. A remand is ordered due to insufficient rationale in the January 2018 DBQ regarding the relationship between the acquired psychiatric disability and service.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD and anxiety disorder. The Veteran's hypertension is related to his service, as are his PTSD and anxiety disorders.