Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient clinical findings regarding whether the appellant's conditions are neurobehavioral effects and if they resulted from her residence at Camp Lejeune. The appellant is seeking reimbursement for non-VA medical care related to female infertility and neurobehavioral effects.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional evidence and a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The Veteran is asked to provide records of his mental health treatment during incarceration in Georgia and from a private physician. In-service stressor verification is also needed.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder and depressive disorder, with cognitive impairment and sleep disturbances, are now rated at 70 percent effective March 29, 2023. Special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance is also granted from that date.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and anxiety, is related to his active military service. The decision grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection and increased rating for the listed conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was granted, effective from January 27, 2020. This decision is based on new evidence submitted after the previous denial.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings on chronic headache disorder, adjustment disorder with disturbance of mood and anxiety, and cervical spine disc disease are being remanded due to the need for updated VA examinations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression, is granted due to new evidence received since the last decision.

The Veteran's appeals for a compensable rating for hemorrhoids and a higher rating for an anxiety disorder have been dismissed due to her valid withdrawal of the appeal.

The appeal to reduce the Veteran's PTSD, unspecified major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder rating from 70% to 30% was dismissed because the reduction did not occur in the September 2020 decision. The Veteran will not be prejudiced by this dismissal.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for unspecified anxiety disorder and scoliosis, thoracic spine with lumbar curvature T12-L4 and low back pain are denied. The rating for unspecified anxiety disorder remains at 30 percent.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety disorder is denied. Prior to August 22, 2020, his PTSD was rated at 50 percent and the claim for an increased rating for PTSD is also denied.

The Veteran's claims for various conditions, including PTSD, were denied effective from the date of receipt of his claim in September 1989. The Board found that an earlier effective date was not warranted due to the finality of the prior decisions and the lack of a valid appeal.

The appeal of the proposed reduction in the evaluation of PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder from 70% to 50% was dismissed as premature due to the nature of a proposed action, not an actual decision.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for depression, anxiety, a back condition, and a left knee condition.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development on several issues, including service connection claims and disability rating determinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disability, including depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and PTSD with sleep disorder and memory loss. The evidence did not support a finding of any current psychiatric disability at any time during or approximate to the pendency of his claim.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, is granted as service connected due to in-service stressors.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, is remanded due to the need for additional medical records and an updated opinion regarding the relationship between his current psychiatric conditions and his military service.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is granted as service-connected.,New and material evidence sufficient to reopen a claim for migraines has not been provided, thus the claim remains denied.,Service connection for sleep disability is remanded due to insufficient evidence of an in-service onset or relationship to service.,PTSD claims are remanded due to insufficient evidence of an in-service stressor.