Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and anxiety, is found to be at least as likely as not related to his service-connected tinnitus and left knee disabilities.,The Veteran's low back disability is found to be at least as likely as not related to his service-connected left knee disability.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. The decision is based on evidence that his current diagnoses are etiologically related to his active military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's claims are pending and will be reconsidered with the possibility of additional evidence being considered.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's claims are pending and will be reconsidered with the possibility of a new examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's claims are pending and will be reconsidered with the possibility of additional evidence being considered.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's claims are pending and will be reconsidered with the possibility of additional evidence being considered.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including adjustment disorder, PTSD, depression, and anxiety due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran's lay contentions must be considered in making the determination.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression and anxiety disorder as the evidence did not persuasively show that these conditions began during active service or were related to a service-connected condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as his substantive appeal was untimely filed, and thus the RO could not accept it. The Veteran had until February 26, 2020 to file a formal appeal but did not do so within the time limit.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including generalized anxiety disorder and GERD, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a right jaw injury, dementia, depression, and anxiety due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities related to in-service head injuries. The Veteran's claims were based on presumed service connection through VA examinations and medical records, but no specific conditions or exposures were identified.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his psychiatric disability is granted, with a 70% rating effective January 2, 2020. The appeal also includes a request for an earlier effective date and TDIU from March 1, 2019 to January 1, 2020.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating and effective date for his service-connected major depressive disorder was denied as the evidence did not show that he met the criteria for an earlier effective date prior to June 25, 2020.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection of sleep apnea and granted an earlier effective date of June 7, 2016 for headaches. The Veteran's increased rating for major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder was also granted.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for his service-connected major depressive disorder with anxiety associated with migraine was denied. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and related conditions, due to a lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressors.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (other specified anxiety disorder) and a migraine headache disability, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his active military service.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder was denied. The claim for TDIU is remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability, left foot disability, and anxiety disorder was granted. A 40 percent rating was assigned for the right knee disability, effective August 15, 2019. The claims of service connection for other conditions were remanded.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the issues of service connection for degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right ankle, generalized anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder.