Anxiety Board decisions

The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his service-connected anxiety disorder and his death from anoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest, and respiratory failure.

The Board has found that the Veteran's current diagnoses of anxiety, PTSD, and depression are linked to service exposure, particularly her in-service stressors. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a new VA examination. The Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is being reviewed.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to insufficient evidence and the need for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his psychiatric disorders, including whether they are related to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and other conditions like Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, and Anxiety, are not service connected. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a TDIU rating on an extraschedular basis under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b) for any period on appeal.

For the period prior to August 23, 2012, the Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 50 percent.,From August 23, 2012, to December 1, 2015, his PTSD symptoms approximated those required for a 70 percent disability rating.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for PTSD and remanded it for further development. The Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, are currently under consideration.

The case is being remanded for further development and examination to determine the current level of severity of the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder, as well as its impact on his ability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The RO will also consider the effects of the Veteran's prostate cancer on his employment.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and service-connected right knee disability did not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to September 15, 2006. The Board found that his other service-connected conditions, including posttraumatic stress disorder and lumbosacral strain, also did not render him unemployable.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and needs further development before a decision can be made.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, NOS, and denied his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU). The reasons given were that there was no current diagnosis of PTSD, the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD. His major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, NOS, were found to have not been incurred in service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD and determined that his acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, are linked to service. The in-service episode of psychosis resulting in a diagnosis of organic brain syndrome secondary to drug ingestion is considered not due to willful misconduct.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary prior to appellate review and the case is REMANDED for further actions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection was received on October 31, 2014. The effective date of the grant of service connection is therefore set to that date.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and a VA examination to determine if his service-connected disabilities render him in need of regular aid and attendance or housebound.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression. The Board has decided the case requires additional development due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which has been diagnosed as depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and psychotic disorder. The Board is remanding the case to obtain a more explicit response from the VA examiner regarding whether the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions are related to his military service.

The Board finds that the Veteran's heart or chest pain disorder is not related to service and is not caused by his service-connected anxiety disorder.