Anxiety decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety due to military sexual trauma (MST), is remanded. The Board finds that a new examination is needed as the previous one was inadequate.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to additional relevant STRs being added to the file after the initial decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of nexus opinion for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, specifically PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder. The Veteran needs to be examined again to determine if his current psychiatric disabilities are related to service.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for sleep apnea and TDIU due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected social anxiety disorder, burn pits exposure, and his current sleep apnea. The case will be returned to the AOJ for further development.

The Veteran's right shoulder strain is granted as service-connected, effective July 5, 2018.,An initial disability rating of 30 percent for IBS from July 5, 2018, is granted.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety, has been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran during the appeal process.

The Board has determined that the AOJ did not substantially comply with the January 2018 remand directives and therefore, both issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for PTSD claimed as depressive disorder NOS and entitlement to an initial evaluation greater than 30 percent disabling for PTSD claimed as depressive disorder NOS are being remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety disorder and sleep apnea are being remanded due to the submission of new evidence. The claim for an increased rating for major depressive disorder with dysthymia is also being remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder and other specified personality disorder was granted with an effective date of February 22, 2002. This decision is based on the aggravation of a pre-existing condition during service.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed as he did not file a Notice of Disagreement within the one-year period following his August 8, 2019 decision.

The Veteran's GAD is rated at 70 percent since June 16, 2017. He was previously rated at 50 percent prior to that date and denied a rating in excess of 50 percent. The Veteran also received a TDIU effective April 21, 2017.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss disability does not meet the criteria for service connection as defined by VA regulations.,Regarding type II diabetes mellitus, there is no evidence of its presence within one year after separation from service and continuity of symptomatology is not established.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral lumbosacral disorder, anxiety, and depression have been dismissed due to the identical nature of the requests submitted on multiple occasions.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD, and sinusitis. The claim of service connection for a disability manifested by perceived noise in the ears is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral lumbosacral disorder, anxiety, and depression have been dismissed due to the identical nature of the requests submitted on multiple occasions.

The Board has restored the Veteran's 100% rating for bipolar I disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that the reduction was not proper due to a lack of sustained improvement in his disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to errors in obtaining relevant private treatment records and VA medical opinions, as well as unclear diagnoses of personality disorder. The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder are being reconsidered.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for GERD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder, are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and consideration of new evidence.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for Sleep Apnea (OSA) as secondary to his service-connected Anxiety and Depressive Disorder, finding that there is a link between these conditions based on medical evidence.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of a psychiatric disorder was denied as the evidence did not show continuous pursuit of his original July 2013 claim, and the new evidence submitted in July 2020 did not establish that the psychiatric disorder resulted from or was aggravated by a service-connected disability.