Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Veteran's TDIU was granted effective August 29, 2015. The date of claim is established as August 29, 2015, and the date entitlement arose is also August 29, 2015.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety disorder, depression, and PTSD have been granted. The ratings for his back and right elbow disabilities have also been restored. However, the Veteran's claims for service connection for depressive disorder, PTSD, asthma, left knee disability, and impairment of supination and pronation of the right elbow remain pending and need further evaluation.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including anxiety condition, depression, insomnia, sleep disturbances (acquired psychiatric disorder), chronic fatigue syndrome, bilateral elbow condition, ED, bilateral foot condition, bilateral hearing loss, and migraine headaches. The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of any of these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder as secondary to the service-connected lumbosacral strain, finding that the VA medical opinion was more persuasive than the private physician's opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychological condition, including anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, as these conditions are found to have been incurred in service.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression and anxiety as his Notice of Disagreement did not adhere to the relevant claims processing rules.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and anxiety, has been granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to concerns about obtaining inpatient records from September 1988 and addressing the relationship between service-connected lumbar spine disability and mental health disabilities.

The Board has determined that there was not substantial compliance with the January 2022 remand directives and other deficiencies in previous examination reports and opinions. Therefore, the case is being returned to the AOJ for further development.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding missing service treatment and personnel records related to mental health care during deployment in 2021.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and SSRI-induced Erectile Dysfunction due to missing records, specifically his official military personnel file (OMPF). The issues cannot be decided at this time as they are intertwined with the development of these records.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service treatment records regarding a diagnosis of adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression during the Veteran's service period. The Veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including MDD and adjustment disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder does not result in symptoms severe enough to interfere with occupational and social functioning, thus the claim for a compensable disability rating is denied.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of various conditions due to the Veteran's death during the appeal process.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder was denied as the most recent final decision granting this benefit was in October 2021, which is not earlier than August 23, 2021.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for anxiety condition and depression was dismissed because the Notice of Disagreement was not filed within one year of the October 2018 rating decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for penile condition and generalized anxiety disorder were denied as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions, and the symptoms are already considered in his existing diagnoses.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety, depression, headaches, a cervical spine disability, bilateral pes planus, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, frequent urination, and endometriosis claimed as irregular menstrual cycle.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal before a decision was made.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating or service connection in all cases.