Anxiety Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for substance abuse disorders and acquired psychiatric disorders, finding that the Veteran's conditions were due to willful misconduct during active duty.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to the need for new and material evidence regarding his psychiatric disorder, as well as for VA examinations to assess his bilateral knee disabilities, sciatic nerve disabilities, and low back disability.,VA has also been instructed to schedule the Veteran for an examination to confirm any current ankle disabilities and provide opinions on their etiology.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection due to the appellant's death.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's social anxiety disorder is related to service. The Veteran was stationed in Vietnam and Ayers Kaserne near Kirch-G�ns, Germany during his military service.

The Board has decided to remand several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including hearing loss, depression/anxiety (claimed as PTSD), lower back condition, headaches/migraines, and sleep apnea. The reasons for remanding these cases include needing a new VA examination due to the passage of time since the last examination, verifying stressor events in service, and considering whether the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder, are related to her service or any of her service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to his claimed acquired psychiatric disorders, memory problems, and sleep disorder. The issues are related to presumed exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for various conditions, including COPD, Graves' disease, stomach problems, chronic pain syndrome, coronary atherosclerosis with stent, hypertension, reflux, and psychiatric disabilities have been granted. The issues of service connection for otitis externa, otitis media, cold injury residuals of the upper and lower extremities are also remanded.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment. The appeal was also remanded for issues related to TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the eligibility criteria for financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or adaptive equipment under VA regulations.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. The decision finds that the Veteran's current anxiety disorder is related to his combat experience in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the Board has determined that additional development is needed before a decision can be made on these claims.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back disability, but has found that new evidence is needed to determine their etiology.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development of evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected narcolepsy with cataplexy and his claimed psychiatric disorders, including panic disorder and anxiety disorder.

Service connection granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder.,Service connection denied for hepatitis B.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of malaria. The Board found new and material evidence to reopen his claims for headaches, PTSD (claimed as depression and anxiety), stomach disorder (GERD), and respiratory disorder.

The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent since January 2, 2020. The rating will remain at this level until further notice.

The Veteran's left cubital tunnel syndrome is granted as service connected. The extension of the temporary total disability rating for left knee degenerative joint disease under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 until January 31, 2007, is also granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, MDD, and GAD. The VA examiner is requested to provide an opinion on whether these conditions are related to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder and his service, including a self-inflicted death incident in 2002. A new examination is needed.