Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale in a March 2015 VA examiner's opinion regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran is requested to provide additional medical records and undergo a new examination for clarification.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete information and need for additional examinations. The issues include service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a higher disability rating for left knee osteoarthritis, and eligibility for financial assistance in purchasing a vehicle or adaptive equipment.

The Veteran's initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss prior to February 15, 2017 and a rating in excess of 70 percent from February 15, 2017 to February 7, 2018 for anxiety disorder have been denied.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically anxiety and depression, as it was not incurred in or related to service. The Veteran's current psychiatric condition is attributed to other factors such as social stressors and pain from his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a keratitis condition is denied. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, is granted.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and to obtain additional private records, as well as an updated opinion from a VA examiner.

The Board has decided that the claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression, secondary to service-connected left ear hearing loss, needs further examination and evaluation.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are now before the Board.,The issues of entitlement to service connection for cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, hypertension, gastrointestinal disability (peptic ulcer disease), acquired psychiatric disability (major depression disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD), diabetes mellitus, and tinnitus are remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder (major depressive disorder with anxiety) and denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The issue of entitlement to TDIU is remanded.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees, left ankle and foot, gout, eye conditions, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and major depressive disorder. The appeals were based on a direct relationship to service without any presumption or secondary theory.

The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and dental trauma. The Veteran is asked to provide more details about a claimed assault during service, and his claim for dental compensation will be considered in light of any new evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination, requiring a new VA examination for the Veteran's psychiatric disability claims.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, but denied service connection for left shoulder and right shoulder disabilities as well as left knee and right knee disabilities.

The Board has determined that the VA examination is inadequate and remands for a new one. The Veteran's service records show he was diagnosed with 'psychoneurotic' depressive reaction during his military service, which may be related to his current psychiatric issues.

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder and diabetes do not render him incapable of securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, to include depression and anxiety. The Veteran's current diagnoses of depression and anxiety are found to be etiologically related to her in-service symptoms and stressors.

The Board denied service connection for left knee, right knee, and left foot or ankle disabilities as well as an acquired psychiatric disability (anxiety disorder and PTSD) due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and development. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including depression, anxiety, and a mood disorder, is being reviewed for service connection. The temporomandibular dysfunction claim is also pending as it may be related to an already service-connected condition.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety, is related to her service. Her claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The cases of low back disability and psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, depression, and anxiety) are remanded due to the need for additional development.