Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding it was aggravated by the veteran's service-connected disabilities. The claim for a compensable rating for hemorrhoids is also granted.

The veteran's generalized anxiety disorder was rated at 30 percent prior to September 4, 1998 due to definite social and industrial impairment. His varicose veins were rated at 20 percent on and after January 11, 1998.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of credible supporting evidence and clear and unmistakable evidence regarding preexisting conditions.

The service-connected anxiety reaction did not cause the veteran's death, and Alzheimer's disease is considered a contributory cause of death.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to November 12, 1996, for a 100 percent disability evaluation for schizophrenic reaction with anxiety is denied.

The Board granted an effective date of April 22, 1996 for the grant of service connection for dysthymic disorder with anxiety.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, were not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied his claim.

The veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder was rated at 50 percent from February 26, 1993 until April 30, 1999. Since May 1, 1999, the rating has been reduced to 30 percent.

The veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is productive of total occupational impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The Board finds that the appellant's disabilities, when considered in conjunction with each other, result in an inability to protect herself from the hazards and dangers of her daily environment. Therefore, she meets the criteria for a special monthly pension on account of the need for regular aid and attendance.

The veteran's anxiety disorder is found to be service-connected due to disease or injury incurred in service. The veteran's service-connected blurred vision, dizziness and headaches are granted with a 10% rating effective December 29, 1997.

The Board found that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder did not have its origins in service or worsened as a result of service.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's anxiety disorder does not warrant a rating higher than 50 percent, as it causes occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board has determined that the service-connected anxiety neurosis likely played a role in causing the veteran's fatal cardiopulmonary arrest, and thus grants service connection for the cause of death.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric condition was not caused or worsened by his service-connected lumbar spine disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder was incurred in active military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that the veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder played a significant role in his death. The decision is based on the benefit of doubt and positive medical evidence supporting the appellant's claim.

The Board found that the veteran has provided new and material evidence to reopen his claim of service connection for a nervous disorder. However, no competent medical evidence was presented to demonstrate a diagnosed psychiatric disorder related to his period of military service.

The VA determined that the veteran's anxiety neurosis warrants a 50% rating, and granted secondary service connection for mild incoordination of the right hand due to a left-sided intracerebral hemorrhage (stroke) related to his service-connected anxiety disorder.

The Board has determined that the veteran's anxiety and dysthymic disorders are the result of his active service, granting service connection for these conditions.