Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding his reported in-service stressors and a need for further examination to determine the nature and etiology of his psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at 50 percent, and the Board denied an increased rating. The appeal for TDIU was also denied.

The Board has determined that another remand is necessary to obtain missing records and for a new VA examination to address the etiology of any acquired psychiatric disorders, including whether they are related to service or secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic attacks, are related to his military service. Additionally, the TMJ dysfunction is being evaluated as secondary to the diagnosed psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding his claimed stressor events and inadequate VA examination. The Veteran is encouraged to submit any documentation within his possession that may verify his contended stressors, including lay statements from fellow servicemembers.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of his psychiatric and varicose vein disabilities, as well as the need to develop information about any claimed stressors. The Veteran is also being asked to provide more details on his reported stressors.

The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened due to new and material evidence. The claims for back disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, and lung condition are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, along with other disabilities, prevents him from securing or following a substantially gainful employment. The Board granted the TDIU claim based on his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric conditions and his military service. The case will be reviewed with a new VA examiner who must provide an opinion on whether any of these diagnoses are related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and sleep and mood disorders. The positive and negative evidence is in approximate balance that his currently diagnosed PTSD was caused by his reported in-service stressor.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for generalized anxiety disorder was granted, and the effective date for this award is November 5, 2018.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination, including opinions on service connection for sleep disorder (insomnia), PTSD, MDD, adjustment disorder, and anxiety. The TDIU claim prior to July 29, 2021 is also being remanded.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and anxiety disorder, but has remanded the case to obtain updated medical evidence and a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to unclear evidence regarding whether the Veteran now has, or had during the appeal period, an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claim is being returned for further development and examination.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, should be remanded due to incomplete development and lack of substantial compliance with previous instructions.

The Board has determined that a VA medical opinion is needed to decide whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and MDD, is related to his active service. The claim will be remanded for this purpose.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disabilities, particularly PTSD. The VA needs to provide a new examination and consider alternative sources of evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of his claimed disabilities, particularly those related to Reserve service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the medical opinions are inadequate and requiring further development to address obesity as an intermediate step between PTSD and sleep apnea.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability (Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Depressive Episodes) is rated at 70 percent disabling, but the Board finds that a higher rating in excess of 70 percent is not warranted as there is no evidence of total occupational and social impairment.