Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety, depression, and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, is granted as secondary to her service in Iraq.

The Veteran seeks a TDIU from June 30, 2012 to January 5, 2016. The Board finds that the August 2012 rating decision is not final and remands for adjudication of his claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Depressive Features, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the May 1993 and August 1993 rating decisions.

The Veteran's hypertension is not service-connected and does not warrant a compensable rating.,His right and left lower extremity radiculopathies are not secondary to his low back disability, as he is not currently service-connected for the condition.,His anxiety disorder is also not secondary to his low back disability or associated radiculopathy.,The Veteran's low back disability (claimed as stenosis) and PTSD claims are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for anxiety was dismissed as the Veteran did not intend to file a new claim. The effective date for PTSD service connection is set at March 19, 2019.,PTSD service connection has been granted with an initial rating and effective date of February 23, 2021.

The Board has denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder and has remanded the claim for service connection for peripheral arterial/vascular disease.

The Veteran's PTSD with depression, anxiety, and mood disorder is currently rated at 50 percent. The Board found that the symptoms did not more nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas warranting a higher rating.

The Veteran's PTSD with persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder is granted as service-connected due to MST. The left carpal tunnel syndrome remains at a 10% disability rating.

The Board has granted a disability rating of 70 percent for the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder from February 12, 2020. The symptoms include suicidal ideation and other mental health issues that have caused significant occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including anxiety disorder, lumbosacral strain, cervical spine, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, have rendered him in need of regular aid and attendance. The Board has granted SMC based on this need.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (adjustment disorder with anxiety) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lung cancer.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Unspecified Depressive Disorder, finding that there is no persuasive evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and PTSD. The decision finds that her current symptoms are related to her military service.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for mental health conditions and eczema/skin condition have been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran in June 2022.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea has been dismissed because the Veteran's claim was granted in full. The appeal for service connection for an anxiety disability, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, is remanded.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection and increased rating for various conditions, including alcohol use disorder, dementia, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia disorder, and major depressive disorder, as well as a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for adhesive pleurisy and painful scar. The decision also noted that the appellant did not meet the criteria to be considered a dependent child or have evidence showing she bore the expense of the Veteran's last illness and burial.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder symptoms have been found to more closely approximate a 70% disability rating, effective February 2, 2019. The TDIU claim is remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with anxiety and panic disorder, due to insufficient evidence in the July 2021 VA examination. The Veteran's previously diagnosed mental health disorders need to be considered.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not prevent her from securing and following any form of substantially gainful employment prior to April 24, 2020.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, are rated at a 70 percent disability rating effective November 18, 2019. The Board also granted entitlement to TDIU based on these conditions but denied the claim for TDIU due solely to service-connected acquired psychiatric disabilities.