Anxiety Board decisions

The VA determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder with depression warrants a 50 percent rating, reflecting significant impairment but not meeting criteria for higher ratings.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including depression, anxiety, and PTSD. The issue of whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen his HIV claim was also addressed but not decided.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to incomplete records and the need for further examination.

The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA psychiatric examination and consideration of his current symptomatology.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, insomnia, and depression is being remanded due to the need for additional information regarding stressors and further medical examination.

The case is being remanded for the veteran to be scheduled for a video-conference hearing before the Board. The RO should conduct the hearing and then return the case to the Board if necessary.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a low back disability, neck and shoulder disabilities, anxiety and depression, sexual dysfunction, or sinus headaches related to his military service.

The veteran's bilateral foot disorder, including hallux valgus, pes planus, and plantar fasciitis, is attributable to a period of active service. The acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and adjustment disorder with anxiety and panic attacks, was not manifest in service and is not attributable to service. Bilateral tinnitus is assigned a 10 percent rating.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, arthritis of the hips and elbows, and arthritis of the left knee were denied. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.,Service connection was not granted as there is no medical evidence connecting current diagnoses with service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including prostate disorder, acquired psychiatric disorders (PTSD, depression, anxiety, OCD), gastrointestinal disorder, hypertension, skin condition, and hearing loss disability have all been denied. The veteran requested withdrawal of the claim for prostate disorder.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluation and TDIU are being remanded due to incomplete evidence, including the need to obtain records from his incarceration period and a new examination.

The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, Anxiety Disorder, Residuals of Right Knee Injury, and Migraine Headaches have been dismissed as the appellant has withdrawn these claims.

The veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for his anxiety disorder, PTSD, and GAD was granted by the RO in Providence, Rhode Island. The RO assigned an initial 10 percent disability rating retroactively effective from June 13, 2005.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or service connection based on the claimed conditions.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and for a cervical spine disorder are being remanded due to the need for further development of her service records and medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety, a sleep disorder, and heart disease as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board found that the veteran does not have current diagnoses of hepatitis A or an anxiety disorder, and thus denied service connection for both conditions.

From January 24, 2003 to August 23, 2005, the veteran's anxiety disorder with features of PTSD was not manifested by occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks due to such symptoms as depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks, chronic sleep impairment, and mild memory loss. ,Since August 24, 2005, the veteran's anxiety disorder with features of PTSD has been manifested by occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right shoulder residuals are service-connected, but further development is needed for his claims of anxiety and PTSD.

The veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood is related to his military service, leading to the grant of service connection. The kidney disorder was not found, but the erectile dysfunction resulting from this condition is now considered service-connected.