Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of an anxiety condition has been dismissed as the appellant requested withdrawal prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety disorder, is granted as service connected.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety disorder was granted with an effective date of July 10, 2017. The rating assigned is 50 percent.

The Board has remanded both the claim for an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder and the claim for total disability due to individual unemployability. The claims are being remanded because of a duty to assist error in not considering recent VA examination results, and because the TDIU claim is intertwined with the increased rating claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as there is no credible evidence of an in-service event, and the symptoms did not have their onset during service.

The Veteran's claims for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities have been granted. The appeal is dismissed as these issues are no longer in dispute.,Right ear hearing loss was denied due to lack of audiometric findings meeting VA criteria.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a left shoulder disability are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between these conditions and his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD with ADHD and anxiety was denied, as there were no prior claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's service-connected depression is granted as secondary to his Parkinson's disease. The initial higher rating for balance impairment has been denied, and the appeal regarding a higher rating for Parkinson's disease with neurocognitive disorder, anxiety disorder, and unspecified insomnia remains pending.

The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for Generalized Anxiety Disorder with persistent depressive disorder and other substance abuse (GAD) is denied. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded due to the AOJ failing to develop the Veteran's claim prior to issuing the June 2021 decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA examination for service connection, particularly regarding anxiety and depression.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability was granted service connection effective July 27, 2012. The rating assigned is 70 percent.,The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms warranted a 70 percent rating for his psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, and an anxiety condition due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities are currently service connected but the RO must obtain a VA opinion to determine if they are caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to substantially comply with prior remand directives, specifically not obtaining a VA examination as instructed. The Veteran's absence at the scheduled examination is acknowledged and will be considered in determining whether he attends his next examination.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the disability rating for anxiety disorder from 70 percent to 30 percent effective August 1, 2022 is not warranted and is void ab initio.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety is being remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including the failure to obtain mental health treatment records and service personnel records.

The Veteran's service-connected Major Depression Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder rendered her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of TDIU. Additionally, she was granted SMC at the housebound rate for periods from December 16, 2021 to March 31, 2022 and from June 16, 2022 to September 30, 2022.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is remanded. The claim for service connection for anxiety disorder as secondary to residuals of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is granted.

The Veteran's service-connected recurrent major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder is granted a 70 percent disability rating, but no higher. The claim for total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is denied.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examinations and duty-to-assist errors. The Veteran's psychiatric, sleep apnea, migraine headaches, and right knee disabilities are being reviewed again with new medical opinions.