Anxiety Board decisions

The VA determined that the veteran's anxiety disorder does not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as his symptoms do not warrant an increased disability evaluation beyond the current 30 percent.

The veteran's death during the appeal process means that the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for anxiety neurosis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety as there was no verified inservice stressor.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted, allowing the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder to be reopened. The Board also found that the veteran currently has a diagnosed psychiatric condition (variously diagnosed as schizophrenia and anxiety disorder) which was incurred in service.

The Board has determined that a service-connected disability contributed to the veteran's death, and therefore grants service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a rating higher than the current 30 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, currently diagnosed as depression with anxiety features, finding no evidence of a chronic psychiatric disorder in service and no competent medical evidence linking his current diagnosis to military service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, which includes Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Bipolar Disorder. The Board also found that the veteran's current psychiatric disability is as least as likely as not incurred in service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric impairment as a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness, finding that his symptoms were due to known clinical entities and not related to an undiagnosed condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The VA has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder warrants a 30 percent initial rating, effective June 2000. The current symptoms do not meet the criteria for an increased rating.

The Board has granted service connection for the claimed conditions (depression, anxiety, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, stomach disorder, and heart disorder) as secondary to PTSD.

The VA denied an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder, currently evaluated as 30 percent disabling.

The Board found that the veteran's anxiety disorder did not cause or contribute to his death, and denied service connection for the cause of death.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability is productive of no more than mild or transient symptoms which decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress. The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's psychiatric disability.

The veteran has been granted service connection for chronic dysthymic disorder with anxiety, which the Board determined was incurred during his active naval service.

The Board has granted service connection for an anxiety disorder and assigned a 30 percent disability rating effective December 18, 2000.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions of schizophrenia and anxiety disorder were not incurred or aggravated by active service, nor may a psychosis be presumed to have been incurred during such service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral myositis with discogenic disease L4-L5, L5-S1 and dysthymia with anxiety features. The current ratings of 40 percent and 10 percent are found to be appropriate based on the evidence of record.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for generalized anxiety with panic disorder was denied due to his failure to report for VA examinations.