Anxiety Board decisions

The Board remands the matter for an addendum VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service or secondary to her service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2016 for service connection for migraine headaches and traumatic brain injury (TBI), but denied an earlier effective date for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. The appeals for higher ratings were dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for right and left hip strains as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee arthritis, but remanded claims for higher ratings for knee arthritis and a claim for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied earlier effective dates for right hand fracture, little finger and deviated nasal septum with allergic rhinitis. Other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct an error by the AOJ and to obtain relevant private records.

The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent prior to January 1, 2017, and 70 percent thereafter for generalized anxiety disorder, as well as a TDIU from January 1, 2017, to July 31, 2022, but denied a TDIU from August 1, 2022.

The Board remands the matter for additional development, including obtaining updated VA and private treatment records and relevant personnel records from the Veteran's former employer.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

The Board remands the service connection claims for bladder cancer, hypertension, anxiety, depression, and erectile dysfunction due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error regarding herbicide exposure in Korea.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion due to an inadequate May 2023 VA examination.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for various conditions as a matter of law due to claims processing errors preventing concurrent review.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's mental health disorder, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, left patellar tendon rupture with degenerative arthritis, and hypertension. A separate 10 percent rating was granted for instability of the left knee.

The Board granted the application to readjudicate the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, based on new and relevant evidence. The underlying service connection claim is remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to inadequate medical evidence and a need for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating and an earlier effective date for her acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, GAD, and MDD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain a medical opinion that is sufficient to make an informed decision on the claim.

The Veteran was granted a compensable rating of 10 percent for hypertension, but the claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for psychiatric disability, TDIU, DEA, and service connection for heart disability were denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were related to her in-service military sexual trauma.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a disability manifested by depression, anxiety, hallucinations, insomnia, loss of concentration, and memory loss to ensure that all necessary evidence is obtained.