Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has determined that the cause of death was not related to service-connected disability and denied all claims. The veteran's death was attributed to a ruptured aortic aneurysm, which is unrelated to any service-connected condition.

The Board denied a claim for an increased disability rating for anxiety neurosis and granted service connection for hypertension, but found that the kidney disorder was not related to the veteran's service-connected anxiety neurosis.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims of service connection for various disorders are not well grounded, as there is no medical evidence showing current diagnoses or a link to service.

The Board found that the veteran's anxiety disorder and residuals of duodenal ulcer disease do not warrant increased disability ratings, but did find that his service-connected disabilities are severe enough to preclude him from obtaining or retaining a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board found that the service-connected anxiety reaction did not cause or contribute to the veteran's death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected postgastrectomy syndrome and anxiety disorder were denied by the RO.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current chronic major depression is etiologically related to her service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his psychoneurosis, mixed type (anxiety hysteria), currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his lumbosacral spine disability and anxiety disorder are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, which includes PTSD and an anxiety reaction with sinus tachycardia, is productive of total occupational and social impairment. The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for this condition.

The Board has granted service connection for anxiety reaction but denied the claim of service connection for a back disability due to lack of evidence supporting its onset during service. The case is remanded for further development regarding the back disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for peptic ulcer disease and an increased rating for his anxiety reaction with depressive features. The case was remanded multiple times, but no new evidence was provided to support these claims.

The veteran is entitled to assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to his service-connected Môniére's disease, which precludes locomotion without assistive devices.

The Board found the veteran's testimony credible and concluded that his failure to report employment was due to a mistaken belief in its marginal nature, thus not constituting fraud. As such, the TDIU rating was restored.

The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the veteran's anxiety disorder, a noncompensable evaluation for benign essential tremors, and no change in the evaluation for fatty liver.

The Board found that the appellant has not presented a well-grounded claim for service connection for degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine and denied his increased rating claims. The COPD claim was also denied due to lack of full-body exposure to mustard gas or Lewisite during wartime service.,VA granted service connection for COPD based on the appellant's reported full-body exposure to mustard gas or Lewisite in service, but found that this exposure did not result in his current condition.

The Board denied service connection for macular degeneration and did not address the other issues as they are not well-grounded. The veteran's encephalopathy, burn scars, and fracture of the right ulna were all rated appropriately.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder warrants a 10 percent disability rating, effective as of the date of the August 1995 decision granting service connection.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected anxiety disorder was granted, with the current rating of 50% effective from November 8, 1996.

The veteran's claim for vocational rehabilitation benefits was denied because his current job as a Flat Sorter Operator at the United States Post Office is considered sufficient to overcome any impairment due to his service-connected anxiety disorder. The Board has ordered additional development of evidence regarding the veteran's current employment status.