Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and PTSD, based on the evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The veteran's in-service head injury has resulted in headaches, cognitive impairment, anxiety and difficulty sleeping. The current 30 percent disability rating is warranted for headaches due to brain trauma, but a higher rating is not warranted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, mainly his back disability, have caused the need for regular aid and attendance of another person.

The veteran was granted a 50 percent evaluation for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood prior to July 13, 2005.

The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood secondary to chronic pain and physical disability has been rated at 50 percent, as it demonstrates occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board found that the evidence submitted since the previous denials was not new and material, thus denying the claims to reopen for service connection of bronchial asthma, generalized anxiety disorder, and a back condition.

The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine if there is at least a 50 percent probability or greater that the Veteran's anxiety disorder can be attributed to his military service, especially his diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis A in service.

The veteran's service connection for residuals of a low back injury was granted, while the claims for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for anxiety disorder with somatic features and for service connection for residuals of a hip injury were denied.

The veteran is not entitled to an effective date prior to May 7, 2002 for the grant of a 100 percent disability rating for his generalized anxiety disorder.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder has been manifested by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, but not to the extent of deficiencies in most areas. A rating in excess of 50 percent is therefore not warranted.

The Board granted an initial schedular rating of 50 percent for anxiety disorder, NOS, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for anxiety neurosis, as the evidence did not show occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an anxiety disorder, migraine headaches, and dyspepsia/stomach problems as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen these previously denied claims.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for hypertension and a psychiatric disorder, to include GAD, as there was no evidence of chronic symptoms in service or continuous symptoms after service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an anxiety disorder, to include depression; pes cavus; gastroesophageal reflux disease; and periodontal disease as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of these disabilities, or medical evidence of a nexus between her disabilities and service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased evaluation of anxiety reaction, currently rated at 50 percent.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder but denied service connection for Meniere's disease and peptic ulcer disease (PUD).

The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and increased ratings were denied as the evidence did not support an earlier date than January 13, 2006.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction with bowel symptoms, rated at 70 percent disabling, renders him eligible for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.