Anxiety Board decisions

The Board found no persuasive medical evidence establishing a connection between the Veteran's anxiety disorder and any event, injury, or disease during active military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the Veteran has an acquired psychiatric disability, however diagnosed.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death. His claims for various disabilities and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 are not before the Board.

The Board found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disability is not due to a disease or injury incurred in service, and denied his claim.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including an anxiety disorder and PTSD, as well as for gastrointestinal disorders. The Veteran's anxiety disorder is found to be related to his military service, while the gastrointestinal disorders are not shown to have been incurred or aggravated by service.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU is being remanded due to the need to consider a pending increased rating claim and whether the case should be submitted to the Director, Compensation and Pension Service for extraschedular consideration of TDIU prior to August 11, 1999.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, finding no new and material evidence. The claim for ankylosis of the knees remains pending.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and sleeping disorder are service connected, with the latter being related to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, anxiety and depression, is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and the Board finds that Alzheimer's disease did not have its onset in service or is otherwise related to his military service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The evidence received since April 1997 is new and material, meeting the requirements to reopen the claim.

The VA determined that the Veteran's anxiety disorder with alcohol abuse does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 10 percent.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and anxiety disorder were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating than what was already assigned.

The Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant are being remanded due to the addition of new evidence since the last decision.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete medical records and unclear service personnel records regarding the Veteran's claimed stressors.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless as to require the aid and attendance of another, meeting the criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance. The claim for special monthly compensation at the housebound rate is moot due to the higher rate set for aid and attendance.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's anxiety disorder is related to his military service, and thus grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric condition, including anxiety, panic, depressive and posttraumatic stress disorders, was denied as there is no evidence of a diagnosed condition during service or a verified in-service stressor. The Veteran's current diagnoses are not shown to be related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine if the appellant's anxiety and depression are related to his service-connected hepatitis C.

The Veteran's PTSD with anxiety disorder is currently rated at 70 percent, effective March 29, 2008. Prior to that date, the rating was increased to 50 percent in April 2008.