Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions and failure to obtain relevant private treatment records. The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, are being reconsidered.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depressive disorders, is currently rated at 70 percent. The Board has determined that the evidence does not support a higher rating.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for his psychiatric condition, degenerative arthritis of the spine, and right hip replacement have been denied as a matter of law due to failure to respond to VA efforts in scheduling necessary medical examinations.

The Veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for anxiety disorder, which was granted in a March 2013 rating decision with an effective date of December 19, 2008. The Veteran argues that there was a clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the May 1968 rating decision regarding his pre-existing mental health condition.

The Veteran's anxiety condition is granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's depression is also granted as service-connected and secondary to his anxiety condition.,However, the Veteran's tension headaches are not rated higher than 30 percent during the period from March 21, 2022, to May 27, 2022.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for anxiety and depression as secondary to tinnitus, and for hypothyroidism due to herbicide exposure. The Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board has granted a TDIU rating effective April 28, 2022, and the Veteran is eligible for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in November 2022.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for her unspecified depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder was denied, and the Board has remanded this issue.,The Veteran's TDIU claim is also being remanded due to a duty to consider evidence not previously considered.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been granted due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The issue of whether his acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service or any service-connected disabilities remains pending.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression due to insufficient evidence from a previous VA examination. The case is now pending for another examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and nightmare disorder is being remanded due to the need for an additional VA examination to address any other diagnosed psychiatric disability.

Your PTSD claim was previously denied, and the appeal is dismissed because it was not filed within one year of the prior rating decisions.

The Board has dismissed the appeal as the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, was already granted by the AOJ.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety disorder) due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has denied service connection for sinus infection and tonsillar crypts. The claim for acquired psychiatric disability is remanded due to inadequate medical opinion.,Further, the Veteran's private mental health treatment records need to be obtained.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that new and relevant evidence supports a link between his military service and his current condition.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining SSA records and VA treatment records from Butler Hospital and Thundermist Health Center. An addendum opinion is also needed regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, consisting of PTSD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, is rated at 70 percent for the entire initial period on appeal. The evidence shows significant occupational and social impairment but not total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted entitlement to TDIU based on this.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, back strain, allergies, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, memory loss, and PTSD) as there was no evidence of a chronic condition during active duty or that any current conditions were related to service.