Anxiety Board decisions

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is denied, but he is granted a 50% rating for his generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board found that the veteran's alcohol and polysubstance abuse/dependency, dysthymic disorder with depression, and anxiety disorder (other than social phobia) did not originate during active service or were not caused by his service-connected social phobia.

The veteran's psychiatric symptoms, including sleep disturbance, have not been shown to be related to service or an undiagnosed illness incurred during his Gulf War service. The Board denied the claim for service connection.

The veteran's sinus tachycardia with anxiety disorder is currently rated at 30 percent, effective January 12, 1998. The evaluation for anxiety disorder remains unchanged.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of heat injury with recurrent episodes of altered consciousness, anxiety and PTSD warrant a 30 percent evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder most nearly approximates a disability picture of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent evaluation.

The Board has granted a 70 percent evaluation for the veteran's post-traumatic psychoneurosis (identified as a generalized anxiety disorder with PTSD) effective from October 31, 2001.

The Board has determined that a rating of 30 percent for generalized anxiety disorder is warranted before October 6, 1999 and no higher thereafter.

The VA denied an increased evaluation for the appellant's psychiatric disability, currently rated at 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as PTSD and an anxiety disorder, is due to disease or injury incurred in active service. The benefit of doubt has been extended to the veteran.

The Board has granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the veteran's psychiatric disability was incurred in service and not preexisting.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an anxiety disorder and a higher evaluation for PTSD. The VA found no evidence of a separate anxiety disability from PTSD, and determined that PTSD alone did not meet criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied a claim for an increased rating for the veteran's anxiety disorder, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD features have been granted effective July 9, 2000. The total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was also granted effective the same date.

The veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.

The VA determined that the veteran's anxiety disorder, which is not accompanied by significant psychiatric symptoms such as flattened affect or impaired judgment, warrants a 30 percent rating.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for anxiety reaction with syncope, which was previously denied in January 1975. The veteran's symptoms have been consistent throughout his life.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder warrants a rating of 10 percent since June 30, 1992.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating than the current 50 percent.

The Board found that the appellant's claimed conditions were not incurred or aggravated in service and denied his claims.