Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD or any other acquired psychiatric disorder incurred in service, and thus denied his claims for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected psychiatric condition did not cause or contribute to his death. The conditions leading to his death were not related to his military service and are not otherwise due to such service.

The Board has granted a 50 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction, which is the maximum schedular evaluation available.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected anxiety and depressive reaction, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 30 percent prior to May 24, 2001 or 50 percent beginning May 24, 2001.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. His anxiety disorder was rated at 50%, and his shell fragment wounds to the right chest, apex of heart, and liver were all rated as noncompensable.

The Board has determined that the veteran's anxiety disorder is not related to his retained surgical needle, which he received under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in March 1991.

The Board has granted service connection for dysthymia with anxiety, claimed as secondary to the veteran's service-connected asthmatic bronchitis. The claim for an increased rating for asthmatic bronchitis was denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent prior to September 22, 1999 and for a rating in excess of 70 percent as of and since September 22, 1999.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for his generalized anxiety disorder prior to June 29, 2001.

The Board found no evidence of a current anxiety disorder or cervical spine disability related to the veteran's period of active service and denied both issues.

The VA has determined that the appellant's generalized anxiety disorder does not warrant a rating higher than 30 percent, as it only causes occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The veteran's generalized anxiety disorder with somatization of anxiety is currently rated as 30 percent disabling, and the Board has determined that a 50 percent rating is warranted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected duodenal ulcer and anxiety reaction, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings under the applicable rating criteria.

The VA has denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the veteran's anxiety reaction with psychophysiological musculoskeletal reaction and headaches.

The Board has determined that the appellant meets the criteria for special monthly pension based on her need for regular aid and assistance due to multiple physical and mental disabilities.

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

The VA denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluation of his generalized anxiety disorder and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The RO found that the current 50 percent rating adequately reflects the severity of the veteran's condition.

The veteran's alcohol abuse, major depression, dissociative disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder with agoraphobia are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected arthritis of the right ankle, effective February 26, 2001.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder warrants a 50 percent evaluation, reflecting moderate impairment in social and occupational functioning.