Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, increased rating for a headache condition, and service connection for athlete's foot due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the proposed severance of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was not a final decision, and thus, the appeal is dismissed.

The Veteran's daughter, T., is seeking to be recognized as a helpless child due to her permanent incapacity for self-support prior to turning 18. The AOJ did not obtain necessary private medical records related to T.'s condition at the time of her 18th birthday.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. The decision is based on a finding of continuity of symptoms since service.

The Board denied the appeal, finding that an attorney fee of eight percent of past-due benefits is not reasonable given the appellee's representation and errors made during the appeals process.

The Board has granted service connection for anxiety, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are at least as likely as not caused by his active military service.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety as there is no current diagnosis of the condition and no evidence linking it to service.

The Board denied requests for earlier effective dates for service connection of generalized anxiety disorder, left shoulder strain, lumbosacral strain (back disability), and tinnitus as the earliest date of receipt was September 13, 2021.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, Insomnia, and Residuals of Prostate Cancer was denied. The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for Generalized Anxiety Disorder is also denied.,Service connection for PTSD was not granted due to the lack of a current DSM-5 diagnosis.

The Board denied service connection for alcohol use disorder and an anxiety disorder, granted service connection for a deviated septum, and granted ratings of 80 percent but no higher for narcolepsy and 20 percent but no higher for dry eye syndrome with arcus senillis.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that it is at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by his military service and exacerbated by his service-connected conditions.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus is denied. The claims for unspecified anxiety disorder and panic disorder are remanded due to a lack of an adequate VA examination.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for anxiety, to include stress, based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board has remanded the DIC claim due to a duty to assist error, specifically related to the PACT Act. The appellant's DIC claim will be developed in accordance with VA's statutory duties under the PACT Act.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of unspecified insomnia disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety, as no relevant and material evidence was added to the claims file following issuance of the January 2020 Statement of the Case.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected psychiatric disorder (depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder) was denied. The Board found that the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has denied service connection for anxiety and remanded the issue of tinnitus.

The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and insomnia disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new examination to assess the severity of his condition.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to the lack of a current diagnosis, but granted service connection for 'other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder' with anxiety based on an in-service stressor.

The Veteran's service connection claims for headaches, IBS, and an acquired psychiatric disorder have been granted. Headaches are secondary to degenerative arthritis of the spine, IBS is linked to in-service symptoms that persisted post-service, and anxiety, depression, and PTSD are related to a witnessed traumatic incident during service.