Anxiety Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability (unspecified depressive and anxiety disorders with alcohol use) was granted a 70% rating effective June 8, 2022. The effective date for TDIU and DEA eligibility is also set to June 8, 2022.

The Veteran's child, T.C.Q., was found to be permanently incapable of self-support prior to attaining the age of 18 due to his disabilities. The Board granted recognition as a helpless child.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates and ratings related to the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression due to an improperly completed Notice of Disagreement (NOD).

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and diabetes mellitus type 2 due to issues with evidentiary development and duty to assist.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, finding that these conditions are related to his active service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his acquired psychiatric disability (GAD with depressive and alcohol use disorder) is denied. His claim for a higher rating for lateral collateral ligament sprain remains at the 10% level.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for head injury, finding no current disability and not related to service.,For right wrist condition, neck pain, lumbar strain (back condition), acquired psychiatric disability, and migraine headaches claims, the Board has remanded these issues due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for his unspecified anxiety disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of General Anxiety Disorder, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability was denied in June 2015 and again in April 2019. The effective date of the grant of service connection is fixed at October 22, 2020, as no new and material evidence or review option was filed within a year of the April 2019 SOC.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted a 70 percent rating effective from November 28, 2025. The claim for a higher rating prior to that date is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychomotor epilepsy with brain mass, effective October 25, 2021.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability was increased to a 70% rating effective July 22, 2024. The Appellant is eligible for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the November 2024 rating decision due to continuous pursuit of claims.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) based on permanent and total disability status are granted, effective April 11, 2022.

The Veteran's breast cancer, bilateral upper extremity lymphedema, and chronic adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct (claimed as anxiety) have been granted service connection. The issue of service connection for PTSD has been remanded due to a duty to assist error.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased evaluation of insomnia, GAD, tinnitus, and GERD due to his request to withdraw these issues prior to a decision.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension due to duty-to-assist errors, inadequate VA examinations, and PACT Act requirements.

The Veteran's Adjustment Disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood has been worsened by his service-connected tinnitus, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is related to service and the claim for service connection is granted.