Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection for cause of death, exposure to Agent Orange, and psychiatric disability related to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete evidence and a need for an addendum medical opinion regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected conditions did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, persistent depressive disorder, and anxiety. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered with additional development.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the issues of increased rating for anxiety disorder and entitlement to TDIU.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding active military service.

The Board has granted entitlement to TDIU and remanded the issue of SMC due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preventing him from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic myelogenous leukemia and an initial rating for anxiety disorder are remanded. The TDIU claim is also remanded due to the Veteran's contention of unemployability.

The Board has granted a 100 percent evaluation for anxiety disorder prior to December 9, 2016. The case is being remanded for further development regarding the issues of an increased rating and TDIU.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder and depressive disorder are related to his active service, and he is granted service connection for these conditions. His tinnitus is also found to be related to service, but his bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a VA disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions are not related to his military service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and postoperative inguinal hernia have been denied. The Board found no evidence of a diagnosed PTSD or other psychiatric condition related to military service, and the current inguinal hernia is not linked to service.

The Veteran's MDD with anxiety was denied a higher rating prior to June 11, 2020 due to the severity of her symptoms not meeting the criteria for a 50% rating.,Since June 11, 2020, her MDD with anxiety has been remanded as well.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient range of motion assessments for right shoulder DJD and a need for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of anxiety disorder.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including scheduling of VA examinations and consideration of the issue of entitlement to a TDIU.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as a non-specified trauma and stressor disorder including anxiety, depression, and panic attacks, is found to be related to active duty service. Service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, requiring a VA examination to determine if any of the Veteran's claimed psychiatric conditions are related to his active service.

The Board has found that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to support the Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, claimed as depression and anxiety. The case is therefore remanded for further readjudication on the merits.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, a psychiatric disability including anxiety disorder, depression, PTSD, and drug and alcohol abuse as secondary to a psychiatric disability are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions. The Board will seek an addendum opinion from the June 2018 VA examiner or another appropriate psychologist or psychiatrist.

The Veteran's appeal for higher disability ratings and earlier effective dates for his service-connected psychiatric disorder has been dismissed due to the appellant withdrawing from representation.