Anxiety Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating during the periods in question.

The veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, but the Board finds that this evaluation does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent.

The veteran's PTSD and depressive reaction with anxiety have resulted in total occupational and social impairment since April 19, 2002. The VA has granted a 100% evaluation for these conditions.

The Board is remanding the case to allow for additional development and consideration of whether the apportionment of VA compensation benefits granted on behalf of the veteran's children, in the custody of the Franklin County Department of Social Services (DSS), was proper.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and providing the veteran with an opportunity to provide detailed information regarding his service stressors.

The Board found that the veteran's sinusitis, hemorrhoids, essential hypertension and pulmonary hypertension were not incurred in or aggravated by service.,The Board also denied the claim for an earlier effective date for VA pension benefits.

The Board found that ADHD, also claimed as Anxiety, is not service-connected because it is a developmental defect and there is no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disability superimposed on the developmental defect during service.

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating than 30 percent.

The Board is remanding the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for psychoneurosis, anxiety type; service connection as secondary to service-connected psychoneurosis, anxiety type for TMJ and heart attacks. The RO must ensure that all requested actions have been undertaken and afford the veteran an opportunity to respond.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disorder, a psychiatric disorder (to include anxiety), and a stomach disorder (to include duodenal ulcer disease and a spastic duodenum) as the evidence did not support these claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is likely to have had its onset during his military service in World War II, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen any of the veteran's service connection claims for various disabilities, all claimed as due to herbicide exposure.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by service-connected conditions and denied both his claim for service connection for the cause of death and his DIC claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently have PTSD, and thus his claim for service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected psychoneurosis, anxiety reaction and an effective date of March 10, 2003. The earlier effective dates for TDIU are also granted.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain his Social Security Administration disability records, as these are necessary for a complete evaluation of his claims.

The veteran is entitled to an effective date of October 1989 for a compensable rating for bipolar disorder, with history of anxiety neurosis and drug abuse.

The VA denied a compensable evaluation for the veteran's anxiety disorder, finding that his symptoms did not meet criteria warranting any disability rating.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder and TDIU based on service-connected disability. The VA found that the symptoms did not meet criteria warranting a higher evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety disorder with panic attacks, finding that the evidence did not warrant a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.