Anxiety Board decisions

The Veteran's PTSD has resulted in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100% disability rating since October 2014.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depression, anxiety disorder, and affective psychosis NOS, is being reviewed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for anxiety disorder with primary insomnia and remanded the claim of entitlement to a total disability rating based on unemployability (TDIU). The Veteran appealed the initial rating decision, but his appeal was not successful. The case is being remanded again due to discrepancies in employment and income information.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for malaria is denied, and his claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for anxiety disorder (previously PTSD) is remanded. The TDIU claim is also remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to the need for VA examinations and additional records.

The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety and depression. The Veteran's claims are being returned to the RO due to incomplete service treatment records and need further examination.

The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder, with depressive features and panic disorder, is granted a 50 percent evaluation for the period of October 11, 2006 through December 6, 2015.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate reasons and basis for denying service connection, failure to obtain potential of outstanding private treatment records from Methodist Healthcare, and failure to consider entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric condition other than PTSD. The Veteran's representative indicates that the private treatment records are no longer available, and they have requested a new VA examination.

The Board has ordered a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, are related to his service stressors in Chicago in 1968.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if any diagnosed acquired psychiatric disabilities preexisted service and are related to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at private hospitals in Jacksonville, Florida on May 4, 2015 and June 8, 2015 due to lack of emergency treatment. The Board found that the need for treatment was not emergent.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, a depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder. The claim for eligibility to treatment under 38 U.S.C. 1702 is also being remanded due to its inextricability with the service connection claim.

The Veteran's GAD symptoms, including panic attacks more than once a week and difficulty in establishing effective work and social relationships, have been found to warrant an initial rating of 50 percent since January 24, 2013.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea, degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine, and right lower extremity radiculopathy, preclude all substantially gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience would otherwise qualify him. The Board grants entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent, and he is granted TDIU based on his disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, MDD and anxiety is remanded due to uncertainty regarding the current diagnosis of PTSD. A VA examination is needed to determine if any diagnosed condition is related to military service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, best characterized as major depressive disorder, social anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disability. However, it denied service connection for a right hip disorder, currently diagnosed as right hip strain, on the basis that there was no evidence of its onset during service or being caused by his service-connected left knee disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to incomplete medical records, need for a VA examination, and other procedural issues.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at 30 percent, effective from the date of the decision. The Board also granted service connection for his sinus condition, sleep disorder, and headaches due to exposure to burn pits.