Anxiety Board decisions

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD with anxiety and a 50 percent rating for migraines, effective July 19, 2012.

The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including his stutter, are developmental defects or diseases and whether they were aggravated during service.

The Board has denied service connection for a bilateral foot disorder and a respiratory disorder, to include allergies, as secondary to military environmental and/or Agent Orange exposure. The claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, secondary to MST is remanded.,Service connection for the acquired psychiatric disorder will be further evaluated based on the results of the VA examination.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to non-compliance with prior directives and additional medical examination is required for psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety. The claim for service connection for alcoholism will be remanded as well.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD is denied. The Board found that the Veteran does not have a separate or related diagnosis of PTSD and his symptoms are already subject to service-connection as part of his unspecified depressive disorder, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain including anxiety features and unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous directives, and additional development is needed including a new medical examination and opinion.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for major depressive disorder and heart condition was denied as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating based on his symptoms.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his military service and his current mental health conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete VA treatment records, and the AOJ is required to obtain and associate these records with the Veteran's file.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inconsistencies in diagnoses and a need for further examination.

A disability rating of 70 percent, and no higher, for Generalized Anxiety Disorder is granted since May 24, 2016.,A 30 percent disability rating, and no higher, for Allergic Rhinitis to include sinusitis is granted.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted, and the effective dates for certain service connection claims are dismissed without prejudice.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and non-VA treatment records, and for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder. The appeal is not resolved.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left knee DJD and acquired psychiatric conditions due to incomplete medical opinions and failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding symptoms during service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's petition to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that it was aggravated by his service-connected duodenal ulcer disease. The decision is based on medical opinions and evidence indicating a causal relationship between the Veteran's mental health conditions and his service-connected condition.

The Board previously denied the appeal regarding the severance of service connection for an anxiety disorder not otherwise specified. The case is being remanded due to insufficient evidence and need for a new VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for depression, anxiety disorder, and insomnia are denied as they are considered symptoms of his service-connected PTSD. The Veteran is granted a rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD from January 8, 2016 to November 15, 2016, but the claim for a higher rating since then is denied. A TDIU is also granted.

The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and chronic depressed mood is granted as service connected, with doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for persistent depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, hepatitis C, HIV, abdomen tumor residuals, and vertigo have been granted. The case is remanded for further examination regarding the abdomen tumor and vertigo.

For the period prior to April 24, 2013, the Veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent disabling.,For the period from April 24, 2013 to May 20, 2018, the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a TDIU.