Anxiety Board decisions

The Board found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is not related to his military service and denied his claim.

The Board is remanding the case to ensure compliance with the duty to notify under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA) and to schedule a hearing before the Board at the Regional Office.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination to assess the Veteran's employability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and anxiety, as well as CAD secondary to those conditions, are being remanded due to the need for additional development and notification.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination to determine if his current anxiety disorder and PTSD are related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's anxiety disorder and depressive disorder had their onset during his active service in Egypt, and grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss disability and psychiatric disability to include on a secondary basis, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, but denied the claims of service connection for depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, a chronic disability manifested by numbness and pain in the left upper extremity, and a chronic lung disorder.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining service records and a VA examination to determine the etiology of his hearing loss.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for SMC based on need for aid and attendance or housebound status since June 23, 2008.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and Social Security Administration records, verifying an in-service stressor, and scheduling a VA examination to determine the current nature and etiology of any psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's current bilateral hearing loss did not become manifest in service and is not shown to be related to service. The Board finds that the weight of the evidence is against a finding of service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional records to be associated with his medical and claims files. The VAMC must locate and associate all relevant evidence, including private medical opinions and denials of his request for a full-size foam mattress.

The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for service-connected PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining Vet Center treatment records and a new VA examination.

The Veteran's death was not caused by his own willful misconduct, and at the time of his death he had a service-connected disability rated as totally disabling for more than 10 years. However, the Board found that the evidence did not clearly and unmistakably establish entitlement to TDIU prior to November 12, 2005.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for syncope, anxiety neurosis, PTSD, inner ear infections, cardiovascular disease (including as secondary to PTSD), and bilateral eye condition (cataracts). The reasons were that no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claims for vasovagal episodes and anxiety reaction. The Board also found that there is no link between current conditions and service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration, including obtaining additional medical records, clarifying the Veteran's claims, and scheduling examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, and degenerative joint disease of the left and right knees have been reopened. However, new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claims for service connection for these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for his service connection award of anxiety disorder/PTSD, finding that the earliest possible effective date is May 25, 2005.