Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Board has denied a TDIU prior to February 20, 2018, due to the Veteran not meeting the schedular criteria for consideration. The appeal is remanded for further evaluation of the service-connected conditions and their impact on employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depression, anxiety, and PTSD, as secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The case is being returned due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remands.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA mental disorders examination and opinion. Service connection is not granted for left knee strain or right knee strain. The service connection claim for anxiety remains pending.

The Veteran's PTSD, anxiety, and depression symptoms have been rated at 50 percent prior to February 1, 2022, and at 70 percent thereafter. The Board has granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the entire period on appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for depressive disorder and anxiety disorder associated with PTSD, lumbosacral strain, and earlier effective dates for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder (unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, with generalized anxiety disorder) resulted in total social and occupational impairment as of June 23, 2016.,Effective from June 23, 2016, the Veteran is granted a 100 percent disability evaluation for his service-connected psychiatric condition.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for bipolar disorder, but denied claims for anxiety and depression related to his bipolar disorder. The new evidence presented at the hearing supports the readjudication of the bipolar disorder claim.

The Veteran is granted earlier effective dates for the 60 percent disability rating for psoriasis, the 50 percent disability rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood-persistent (psychiatric disability), and the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) all starting from January 31, 2012.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and a TDIU are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors. The hearing transcript is associated with the case, but VA treatment records from Community Care providers were not obtained prior to the July 2023 decision.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder have been granted. The rating for bilateral hearing loss remains at zero percent.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability including PTSD, depression and anxiety on a direct basis. The effective date will be determined by the RO.

The Board has remanded the case for further development to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, to include GAD, caused or aggravated his obesity and whether OSA would not have occurred but for obesity. The appeal is currently in a state of pending status.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and trauma and stressor related disorder, are granted as service connected due to in-service combat exposure.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric condition including PTSD, anxiety, and depression is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and consideration of new evidence.

Service connection is granted for acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Alcohol disorder, Major Depression Disorder (MDD), and Bipolar II.,Service connection is also granted for gastritis, GERD, lumbosacral strain, visual impairment, and erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder has been granted. The appeal of the issues regarding thoracic strain with low back pain, left knee meniscal tear with anterior cruciate ligament tear and degenerative arthritis, and left shoulder strain have all been withdrawn. The Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches due to an undiagnosed illness or MUCMI as a result of environmental hazards during the Persian Gulf War has been remanded.

The Veteran's anxiety disability was granted a TDIU effective March 6, 2017.,An earlier effective date for the 100% rating for anxiety disability prior to May 7, 2018, is denied.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because the Notice of Disagreement was submitted by an unauthorized party. The issues will be addressed in a separate Board decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of those related to PTSD and a right knee condition.,VA has determined that new evidence received since previous denials supports the Veteran's claims for anxiety, neck/cervical spine condition, degenerative arthritis, dysthymic disorder, fallen arches, herpes, left knee condition, major depression, migraines, and thoracolumbar spine condition. The right knee condition and PTSD remain under consideration.