Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety and panic attacks have been dismissed as moot due to the award of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).,The Veteran's claim for service connection for diaphragmatic pinch is remanded, requiring a VA examination and medical nexus opinion regarding its relationship to active service.

The Veteran's claims for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, are being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions. The TDIU claim is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the service connection claims.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder, also claimed as PTSD, is granted with an effective date of January 24, 2020.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for floaters and torn eye muscles has been dismissed due to the absence of a valid AMA rating decision. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), and bilateral pes planus have been remanded.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, is due to service. The claim for service connection is therefore granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of March 10, 2008, for his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder. The earliest date of receipt of a claim was found to be May 31, 2019.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received, warranting readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. The claims are being remanded to allow for a VA examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety disorder and adjustment disorder with anxious mood. The decision finds that his current psychiatric disability is related to his active military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. Specifically, the Veteran was not afforded a VA examination in connection with his claim of an acquired psychiatric disability and there has been a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding verification of herbicide agent exposure during service.

The Veteran's claim for earlier effective dates for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance was denied as the evidence did not show that he met the requirements for these benefits prior to August 16, 2016.

The Veteran's TBI residuals are rated at 100 percent effective October 28, 2016. The effective date for the assignment of a 100 percent evaluation for major neurocognitive disorder, somatic symptom disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder with residuals of traumatic brain injury is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, anxiety condition, asthma (shortness of breath), obstructive sleep apnea, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, and left hip condition have all been denied. The Board has also remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee condition and right knee condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and other mental health conditions, is being remanded due to incomplete VA examination and lack of evidence regarding the stressors. A new examination will be conducted to determine if the Veteran's disorders are related to his in-service experiences and whether they are aggravated by any service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for anxiety disorder is denied. A 20% disability rating is granted for right lower extremity radiculopathy, but not greater. The appeal to reduce the lumbar spine disability rating from 40% to 20% is dismissed. The issue of entitlement to TDIU remains pending.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure to obtain a VA examination and opinion, as there is evidence of a current psychiatric disorder possibly related to service.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a mental health condition, right knee conditions, and a right foot big toe or toenail condition is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD, Major Depressive Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Additionally, the Board has also granted secondary service connection for IBS and GERD as related to the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error and needs to schedule an examination for a psychiatric disorder. The Veteran's claim is not about service connection under the PACT Act, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, or any other exposure basis.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to reopen claims for service connection for various disabilities, including right knee disability, left knee disability, low back disability, PTSD, and anxiety. The claims are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal. The Board cannot issue a decision on the underlying claims at this time.