Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, adjustment disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder due to inadequate examination and failure to consider private treatment records.

The Board has remanded the claims due to errors in duty to assist, including failure to obtain mental health and clinical records from service and private treatment records. The Veteran's left knee disability is also being examined for etiology.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to duty-to-assist errors. The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, back disability, and psychiatric disabilities are currently pending.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety; and sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The claims are being remanded for additional examinations and opinions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder and adjustment disorder with anxiety), headaches, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and bad teeth are all granted. The claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder(s), including PTSD. The Veteran's service treatment records indicate anxiety, but there is no clear evidence that his pre-existing mental health issues were aggravated by service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression, have been readjudicated due to new evidence received after the prior denial.,Service connection has been granted for both the left knee disability and the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's disability rating for anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, has been restored from zero percent to 30 percent effective December 1, 2020.

The Board has remanded the case due to duty-to-assist errors in prior decisions, including reliance on outdated medical opinions and missing mental health treatment records. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders need further clarification and evidence collection.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service records and a need for a VA examination. The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, psychosis, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, and major depression, is being reviewed on a de novo basis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient opinions and lack of examination in both psychiatric and lumbar spine conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is currently rated at 70 percent, effective November 6, 2019. The Board has remanded the issues of rating in excess of 30 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability prior to November 6, 2019, and TDIU.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder with anxiety and PTSD features, resulted in occupational and social impairment from January 20, 2011 to October 28, 2016. A rating of 70 percent was granted for this period.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, including anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and alcohol dependence. The evidence shows that these conditions are related to active service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for aphakia of the right eye with ectropion and a psychiatric disorder (mood disorder, social anxiety, and alcohol use) secondary to the right eye aphakia have been denied as his discharge from active duty was under other than honorable conditions due to willful and persistent misconduct.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board could make a decision on his claims for service connection and an initial rating for his mental health conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and adjustment disorder. The case will be returned for further development.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for an anxiety disorder prior to October 24, 2016, as the evidence did not support such a rating.

The Veteran's claims for anxiety disorder, erythema multiforme, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome have been dismissed as the RO granted service connection for a different condition in April 2023. The Board has also remanded cases regarding upper back and lower back conditions due to insufficient evidence.,Service connection is denied for erythema multiforme and Stevens-Johnson syndrome, with no current diagnosis found in the record.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and depression, has been reopened. However, the Board finds that a VA examination is needed to determine if there is a nexus between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and his active service or service-connected Hepatitis C.