Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for his anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence does not support such an increase.

The veteran's depressive disorder with PTSD and anxiety is rated at 50 percent, effective from the original grant of service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's anxiety disorder warrants a 50 percent evaluation, resolving all doubt in his favor.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to changes in the law and failure to provide proper notice.

The Board has determined that the VA examination provided in November 1998 was inadequate for evaluating the veteran's anxiety disorder. The RO is instructed to schedule a new VA psychiatric examination and obtain all relevant medical records.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his anxiety disorder/dysthymic disorder and service connection for tinnitus. The decision also referred other claims to the RO, including a request for service connection for PTSD and a right index finger disability.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for her service-connected anxiety disorder is being remanded due to the need for a current VA examination.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed before the case can be decided, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination for the appellant.

The veteran's death was due to renal failure. The appellant paid for the funeral expenses, but there were no accrued benefits as the veteran had no pending claims and no unpaid benefits at the time of his death.

The Board is remanding the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorder due to incomplete development of evidence, including obtaining VA treatment records and verifying claimed stressors. The veteran's claim for anxiety disorder will be reopened based on new and material evidence.

The Board denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to compensation benefits as the helpless child of her veteran father due to insufficient evidence showing she was permanently incapable of self-support at or before her 18th birthday.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current anxiety disorder is related to his period of active service, specifically to the documented in-service choking episodes.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including generalized anxiety disorder and a right femur fracture, are sufficiently severe to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and further development is needed.

The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected PTSD and psychoneurosis, anxiety state, is not manifested by the symptomatology required for an evaluation of 70 percent. The veteran does not have near-continuous panic or depression, impaired impulse control, or spatial disorientation.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected anxiety neurosis is being remanded due to the inadequacy of a previous VA examination and the need for additional medical records.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and thus denied his claim.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and additional medical records.

The case is remanded to the RO for adjudication of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, claimed as anxiety and depression. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disability will be readjudicated after resolving the service connection issue.

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 30 percent for service-connected anxiety state, effective from the date of the veteran's death. The total rating based on individual unemployability and the cause of death claims were not addressed due to the lack of evidence in the file at the time of the veteran's death.