Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for alcohol dependence, anxiety, COPD, insomnia, depression, and asthmatic bronchitis due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring an additional VA examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression. The claim will be reconsidered with new evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of acquired psychiatric disabilities, left lower extremity sciatica nerve disability, and right lower extremity disability are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The Board will provide a VA examination to address the issues.

The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression was granted an increased rating in November 2023, which resolved the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no persuasive evidence of a current disability that comports with VA regulations.

The Veteran's schizophrenia is found to have started during his military service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's GAD has been granted a 70 percent disability rating from January 23, 2021, due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

Your appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board cannot issue a decision on your claims as they are no longer pending.

The Veteran's hypertension was granted service connection as it had its onset during his active duty service. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is also granted.

The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder have been rated at 70 percent since April 23, 2014. The Board has remanded the claim for a higher rating due to the severity of his symptoms.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any psychiatric disability. The service connection for tooth number 9 disability is denied.

The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder, combined with other service-connected disabilities, rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as of May 1, 2018. The Board granted an effective date of May 1, 2018 for the award of TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including Major Depressive Disorder with anxious distress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to military sexual trauma (MST), finding that the Veteran's PTSD is related to a reported in-service assault.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, has been rated at 50 percent for the period on appeal. The rating is based on symptoms such as depression, anxiety, difficulty maintaining and establishing effective work and social relationships, anger, difficulty sleeping, nightmares, and a tendency to isolate.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection of a left shoulder disability.,Service connection is granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression. The Veteran's in-service stressors are linked to his current symptoms.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically depressive and anxiety disorders, did not meet the criteria for a higher rating than 30 percent due to his symptoms being consistent with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure to provide a medical examination regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically PTSD. The VA is required to schedule an examination for this purpose.

The Board has readjudicated the claims for service connection for cervical spinal stenosis, anxiety, and hypertension due to new evidence presented since previous decisions. The claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss remains remanded.,New evidence was submitted supporting the Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical spine stenosis, anxiety, and hypertension.

The Veteran's PTSD, anxiety, and depression are rated at 70 percent effective August 2, 2017. He is also granted TDIU and SMC Housebound from that date.