Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder that is related to his military service.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including an addendum opinion from a VA examiner.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder is currently rated at 70 percent disabling, effective April 6, 2015. The Board finds that a higher rating is warranted for the period prior to April 6, 2015.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety disorder. The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's diagnosed anxiety disorder is etiologically related to his active service.

The Board has already adjudicated the issues of increased ratings for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and those issues are now dismissed.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of a relationship between his in-service injury and his current back condition.,Service-connected anxiety disorder, NOS, has been granted with an initial rating of 70% prior to January 14, 2017, and from January 14, 2017. The Veteran's claim for TDIU was also granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability, an acquired psychiatric disability (depression, anxiety, PTSD), and hypertension have been denied as there is no evidence of a direct relationship between these conditions and his military service.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted, as the current effective date (December 27, 2011) has already been assigned.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for hemorrhoids, as well as his reopenings of claims for acquired psychiatric disabilities, forehead lacerations, and right knee disabilities have been considered. The Board finds new and material evidence has been received to support these reopened claims.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder with PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, effective from November 28, 2017. The right ankle sprain remains rated at 10 percent.

The Veteran's service connection claims are granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a heart disorder, and other conditions. The appeal is based on new evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and unclear nature of the Veteran's psychiatric diagnosis. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a low back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to obtain additional medical records and to schedule the Veteran for appropriate VA examinations.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and urethral problems. The medical evidence is at least in equipoise with regard to a showing of an etiological relationship between the Veteran's currently diagnosed acquired psychiatric disability and her service-connected removal of the uterus and both ovaries, as well as her current urethral problems.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the Board is dismissing the case as a result.

The Veteran seeks service connection for his current psychiatric disorders, which the Board has remanded due to incomplete records and need for a VA examination.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for PTSD. However, there is insufficient credible supporting evidence to corroborate his claimed in-service stressors, and the weight of the evidence is against a finding that his current psychiatric conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for General Anxiety Disorder and Left Foot Pes Cavus are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Board has granted an effective date of February 21, 2011, but no earlier, for a 20 percent rating for hemorrhoids. The Veteran's anxiety disorder claim is remanded as the VA examination and opinion are needed to address the etiology of his current psychiatric disabilities.