Anxiety Board decisions

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected dysthymia and anxiety disorder, as a component of a depressive process, does not meet the criteria for an increased disability evaluation beyond the currently assigned 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran's severe anxiety reaction does not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability evaluation in excess of 50 percent.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine if the veteran's current psychiatric disorders are related to his military service and any personal assault allegations.

The Board has granted an increased evaluation of 50 percent for the veteran's anxiety disorder, effective from November 18, 1996. The effective date remains unclear as there is no evidence of a prior claim or entitlement to service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 1, 1999, for the award of service connection for anxiety disorder and depressive disorder.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, chloracne, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including anxiety), sinusitis, cervical spine myositis, and lumbar spine myositis were denied as there is no evidence of current disability or in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The VA has determined that the veteran's bipolar disorder and depression with anxiety do not warrant a higher disability rating, as they result in considerable industrial and social impairment but no deficiencies in most areas.

The veteran's claim for increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder is being remanded due to incomplete medical records and the need for further examination.

The VA denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, which was diagnosed as conversion disorder with anxiety and depressive features. The most recent VA examination found no significant psychiatric impairment other than a diagnosis of conversion disorder by history.

The veteran's anxiety disorder is currently rated at 30 percent, effective from July 1971. His residuals of a fractured zygoma are currently rated at 10 percent, effective from May 1970.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to missing medical records and a need for an examination to determine if the veteran's current mental disorder is related to her service.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is now rated at the maximum (100%) disability evaluation due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records from SSA and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the veteran's anxiety disorder was aggravated during service.

The Board denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's service-connected conversion type anxiety neurosis, currently rated at 30 percent.

The veteran's death was not caused by his service-connected conditions, and there is no evidence of VA medical malpractice. The claim for DIC under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 has been denied.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is being remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration of referral to the Director of Compensation and Pension Service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed as psychoneurosis, anxiety hysteria, and conversion reaction. The issue is now on remand to determine if this condition was incurred in or aggravated by service.

The VA has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder does not warrant a higher evaluation than the current 50 percent rating.

The Board has determined that the medical evidence is conflicting and inadequate, and remands the case for further examination to determine if the veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unemployable.