Anxiety decisions — 2024

Your service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, has been granted. Therefore, there are no remaining questions of fact or law to be decided by the Board concerning this issue.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an effective date earlier than March 19, 2015 for the award of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder. The decision found that no evidence or argument was presented to support a claim prior to March 19, 2015.

The Board has granted service connection for dry eyes, hypertension, an acquired psychiatric condition (including PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder), a left hand condition (carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to cervical condition), and a right hand condition (carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to cervical condition).

The Veteran's cause of death is related to his service-connected anxiety disorder, but the Board finds insufficient evidence to make a decision on this claim. The case is remanded for further review.

Your appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) has been dismissed due to a claims processing error. The same TDIU claim was docketed twice, and the duplicate appeal is being dismissed.

The Board has granted service connection for anxiety, depression, and PTSD as these conditions are at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and MDD, is found to be related to his service-connected conditions.,The Veteran's tinnitus was first noted during active service.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been presented to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD. The appeal is remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors regarding in-service stressor verification, VA examination scheduling, and further development of post-service treatment records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic kidney stones, unspecified anxiety disorder, and PTSD due to a lack of VA examination and incomplete medical records. The Veteran is presumed exposed to toxic substances during his military service.

The Veteran's initial compensable evaluation for left ear hearing loss is denied due to the audiometric findings not meeting the criteria for a compensable rating.,Service connection for anxiety is denied as there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease that could be related to current symptoms.

The Veteran's service-connected Crohn's disease, anxiety/depressive disorder, and sleep apnea render him unable to maintain gainful employment due to his physical and mental impairments.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of an anxiety condition before the Board could make a decision.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at 70% since October 26, 2010, and she has been granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) since May 1, 2015.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a left shoulder condition are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and consideration of new evidence.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of October 20, 1997 for the grant of service connection for PTSD based on new and material evidence. The Veteran's claim was previously denied in March 1998 due to a lack of verifiable stressor.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on all issues except tinnitus have been dismissed due to withdrawal of the claims by the Veteran. The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is proximately due to his service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, which he contends was aggravated by his hypertension. As such, the claim for secondary service connection for ED is granted.

The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 are remanded due to the need to obtain full informed consent forms related to surgeries at a VA medical center.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric condition including PTSD, with generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder. Service connection was denied for bilateral eye condition and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and TDIU are denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea is remanded due to a duty to assist error.