Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.

The veteran's schizophrenia warrants a 70 percent evaluation, and he is not entitled to a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected condition.

The VA has denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's anxiety reaction, currently rated at 10 percent. The disability does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The VA determined that the veteran's anxiety reaction does not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as her symptoms do not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The VA determined that the veteran's anxiety neurosis did not warrant an increased evaluation beyond the current 30 percent rating.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was reopened and granted effective July 28, 1989. He is currently rated at 50 percent for his generalized anxiety disorder.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as his conditions did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA regulations.

The VA has increased the veteran's rating for his service-connected anxiety disorder from 0 to 50 percent, effective from August 20, 1998.

The VA has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety and PTSD do not warrant a rating higher than 30 percent, based on their current manifestations.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, concluding that his anxiety neurosis did not contribute substantially or materially to his acute myocardial infarction.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, characterized as anxiety neurosis and depression, is currently rated at 50 percent disabling. The Board has now granted a higher rating to 70 percent.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, characterized as variously anxiety reaction, mixed psychoneurosis, and paranoid schizophrenia, is currently in remission and does not interfere with occupational or social functioning. The VA examiner found no evidence of current symptoms that would warrant a compensable rating.

The Board found that the veteran's anxiety disorder, previously diagnosed as psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction, is not entitled to a rating in excess of 10 percent. The VA also determined that his hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected anxiety disorder.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder is denied.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the appellant's current psychiatric disabilities to his period of active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, anal fistula, and anxiety neurosis. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to his military service.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction in April 1983. The veteran is now challenging this decision on the grounds that it was clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for sinusitis, a psychiatric disorder, and impotence. The claim for an increased rating for arterial hypertension was also denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to new notice and evidence development provisions of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, and the appellant is scheduled for a personal hearing at the RO.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder warrants a 30 percent disability rating, effective as of the date of this decision.