Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and anxiety, are found to be related to his service. However, the Veteran's migraine headaches are not considered secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.,Service connection for PTSD is granted, while service connection for migraine headaches is denied due to lack of a causal relationship.

The Board has granted service connection for OSA as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified anxiety disorder, finding that his anxiety disorder aggravates his OSA.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining medical opinions to assess the severity of his service-connected Parkinson's disease and its residuals without the ameliorative effects of medications.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons and bases for its adverse decision, and an inadequate VA opinion. The Veteran's psychiatric disorders are being reviewed again with a new medical opinion.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected right testicular hydrocele, including any psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to duty-to-assist errors and a need for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, and the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder are now before the AOJ.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from substantially gainful employment, and the Board denied his claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including anxiety condition, bipolar disorder, and manic-depressive reaction, is remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him so helpless as to require the regular aid and attendance of another person, resulting in a grant of SMC based on aid and attendance.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder is granted, with the effective date set back to May 4, 2015.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for other specified depressive disorder with anxiety was granted effective May 7, 2022. The Board found that the earliest date of receipt of a complete claim associated with this disability is May 5, 2022.

The Veteran's service-connected GAD with alcohol use disorder does not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment, as he has held various jobs in the past and could potentially seek other types of employment.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a seizure disorder, finding that it is due to his service-connected anxiety. The decision resolves doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board has denied service connection for PTSD due to lack of corroborated stressor. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is remanded for further development.

The Veteran's initial rating for his service-connected psychiatric disability (unspecified anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder) is denied as it does not meet the criteria for a higher than 30 percent rating.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea as there is no evidence of these conditions during active duty.

The Veteran's appeal to dismiss the denial of service connection for PTSD is dismissed due to procedural issues.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety and depression because there is no current diagnosis of a service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that the effective date for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance for the Veteran's spouse should be prior to June 20, 2020. The claim is being remanded due to a failure to obtain relevant medical records from the Veteran's spouse.