Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder with panic features, which is related to military sexual trauma (MST) during the Veteran's service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, characterized as anxiety disorder and depression, was granted a rating of 70 percent prior to March 23, 2010.

The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding private treatment records and a need for additional medical examination. The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression, is pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss have been denied by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board has remanded the cases for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety disorders. The remand also includes the issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction as due to these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition characterized by depression, anxiety and trouble sleeping as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ear hearing loss. The rating assigned is noncompensable.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including low back disability, sciatic nerve disorder, left and right knee disabilities, left and right hip disabilities, and lower extremity radiculopathies. The primary basis for denial is that there is no evidence of a direct relationship between these conditions and service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia and unspecified anxiety disorder, is being remanded due to errors in duty to assist. The issue has been expanded to include the Veteran's stressor allegations.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for unspecified anxiety disorder, pulmonary embolism, and lupus as secondary to service-connected pulmonary embolism due to incomplete records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that there was no current diagnosis for PTSD and that the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation of his acquired psychiatric disability, TDIU on a schedular basis, and TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to May 27, 2016 are being remanded due to the need for further development. Specifically, VA must obtain missing SSA records.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an extension of his delimiting date for VA educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30, finding that he did not submit a timely request and that his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from utilizing these education benefits.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence received since the April 2018 Supplemental Statement of the Case, and the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and panic disorder is being reconsidered.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of a VA mental health examination and the need for further development regarding service connection for chronic pain syndrome as secondary to service-connected bilateral knee conditions and back condition.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, MDD, ADHD, and SUD. The Board also found that his left knee disability aggravates his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's death was caused by a service-connected condition (psychiatric disability), and the claim for cause of death is granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether symptoms of non-PTSD acquired psychiatric disorders can be distinguished from PTSD. The Veteran is seeking service connection for schizophrenia, manic depression, and anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's claimed stressors were not verified and there was no medical evidence supporting a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is denied because his service-connected disabilities, including incisional hernia and giardiasis, do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations for GERD and unspecified anxiety disorder were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of considerable impairment of health to warrant higher ratings.