Anxiety Board decisions

The Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder, with depression and anxiety, has been found to warrant a 70 percent evaluation since August 7, 2009.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to address the Veteran's claims for service connection and initial evaluation of his various conditions, including PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, COPD, hypertension, prostate disorder, type II diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy, and anxiety disorder NOS.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression. The evidence now shows that the Veteran has a current diagnosis of PTSD related to his military service in Vietnam, which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development to obtain medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's conditions are related to his service.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, and it will be reviewed again with consideration of this additional information.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety and major depressive disorder, is being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding his claimed stressors.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further medical examination.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to new and material evidence, but remanded for further medical examination and opinion regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety and a heart condition, to include as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder, need further development. The claims will be remanded to obtain additional medical records and personnel records from his military service.

The Veteran's depression with anxiety and substance abuse resulted in occupational and social impairment, but did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's major depressive disorder, recurrent, with anxiety features was not granted a rating higher than 70 percent prior to October 29, 2014. The appeal for the total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service connected disorders is pending.

The appeal for service connection of hemorrhoids, heart condition, sinusitis, and urethritis is dismissed. The appeals to reopen claims for low back injury, neurological damage due to a back injury, residuals of head injury, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, depression, anxiety) are granted.

The Veteran's facial scars have been rated as noncompensable due to the absence of characteristics of disfigurement or pain. The Board has found that the preponderance of evidence does not support a higher rating.,Several service connection claims for various disabilities are being remanded, including cervical and lumbar spine disabilities, left hip disability, sleep disorder (including sleep apnea), GERD, erectile dysfunction, headaches, neurological disabilities of the buttocks and lower extremities, chronic pain, and acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not render him unable to obtain or maintain gainful employment prior to January 15, 2009, and he is therefore not entitled to TDIU during that period.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and for TDIU due to the appellant's failure to attend scheduled VA examinations. The Board finds that an examination is necessary to determine the exact nature and etiology of the appellant’s current psychiatric condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination and additional medical records, as well as further development of the claim.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, tinnitus, sinusitis, sleep apnea, hypertension, chest pain, a dental disorder for treatment purposes, and ear disability. The issues are being remanded due to insufficient medical opinions and need for additional VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that there is no current diagnosis of a psychiatric disability and that any such disability is less likely related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities, schizophrenia with anxiety, and TDIU due to incomplete STRs and outstanding private treatment records.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions have been reopened, but the issues are being remanded due to missing medical records and need for further examinations.