Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is remanded due to unclear evidence regarding his current diagnosis and etiology.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD and anxiety disorder. The Veteran needs a new VA examination to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including PTSD. The case is now pending for further examination and opinion.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, and anxiety are remanded due to incomplete medical records and need for a new VA examination.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, initial rating for anxiety disorder, and TDIU due to service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, began during active service. Service connection is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous disorder was reopened and granted. He is also granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, and generalized anxiety disorder.,Service connection has been established for left hip disability, hypertension, and kidney disability (conceded exposure to tetrachloride).

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at 50 percent since April 24, 2009. The Board has remanded the issue of TDIU and found that the criteria for a higher rating have not been met or more nearly approximated.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including undifferentiated somatoform disorder and anxiety disorder with mood swings, lack of concentration, memory loss and fatigue, have rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to his physical limitations and mental health issues.

The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise, granting service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death due to his motor vehicle accident caused by medications taken for his service-connected anxiety disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety Disorder, but has remanded the issues of service connection for PTSD and a substance abuse disorder, as well as entitlement to an earlier effective date for gastroesophageal reflux disease/GERD/hiatal hernia.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is denied for ratings in excess of 10% prior to July 11, 2016 and 20% afterwards. The Veteran's anxiety disorder is granted with a 30% rating from October 25, 2007 to November 18, 2011 and a 50% rating thereafter.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric conditions, specifically her depression and anxiety disorder. The examiner is required to provide an opinion on whether these conditions are aggravated by service-connected migraine headaches and if they are related to active duty service including exposure to contaminants in Camp Lejeune.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and secondary substance abuse disorder, finding that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a current diagnosis of PTSD or any other mental condition related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including unspecified schizophrenia, other psychotic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depression and schizophreniform disorder, are service-connected as they likely began during her active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including claims for a nervous condition, anxiety, depression, panic disorder, psychoneurosis and agoraphobia, is granted. The case is remanded to allow the AOJ to adjudicate the reopened claim on the merits.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased rating and SMC due to inadequate examinations, specifically a VA gastrointestinal examination and a VA psychological examination. The AOJ must rate the disability under both service-connected conditions.

The claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability is reopened, but the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus. The Board finds that an examination is needed to determine if the Veteran has any current psychiatric disabilities and their etiology.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, diabetes mellitus (secondary to major depressive disorder), narcolepsy, and insomnia. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service.

The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim of service connection for tinnitus was granted, and it is now established that his tinnitus was incurred in service.,The Veteran's adjustment disorder, mixed with anxiety and depressed mood, was also granted as secondary to his service-connected tinea versicolor.