Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder (OTSD), recurrent major depressive disorder with anxious distress (MDD), and generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to his military stress in service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of proper notification and scheduling of VA examinations. The Veteran is required to report for scheduled examinations or face potential denial of his claims.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was granted, but only up to a 50% disability rating. The issue of service connection for sleep apnea is no longer in appeal as it has been resolved.

The Veteran's anxiety and insomnia were granted service connection, with a 10% rating effective October 7, 2014. Service connection for metatarsalgia and bilateral pes planus remains pending.

The Board has remanded the case due to additional development being required, including a vocational rehabilitation evaluation that assesses the Veteran's current limitations and their effect on his ability to perform in his occupational field. The issue of entitlement to VR&E benefits is still pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings have been remanded due to the need for additional examinations or evidence.,Specifically, the Veteran needs VA examinations for sinus issues, prostate issues, sleep apnea, acid reflux condition, acquired psychiatric disability (depression and/or anxiety), and gout.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA opinion regarding the Veteran's PTSD.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically his psychiatric condition. The appellant contends that the Veteran suffered from major depression, anxiety, and PTSD during service which contributed to his death.

The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for TBI and headaches due to incomplete compliance with prior remand directives. The issues are also inextricably intertwined with the TDIU claim.

The Board has decided that the effective dates for service connection of tinnitus and right ear hearing loss should be earlier than January 16, 2014. The Veteran's other claims are being remanded due to new evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral knee disability and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an anxiety or sleep condition (including as secondary to service-connected PTSD), and tinnitus. The claim for tinnitus is remanded.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if any diagnosed psychiatric disorder is proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected disabilities, specifically headaches and recurrent corneal erosions and left eye keratitis.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, a compensable rating for his residual right ankle surgical scar, and an increased evaluation for anxiety disability are all denied. The Veteran is already service-connected for these conditions.

The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as unspecified anxiety disorder, is granted. The claim of entitlement to service connection for a right knee scar is denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for left knee, right knee, lower back, and acquired anxiety disorders. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during service or were related to in-service injuries.

The Board has granted an effective date of August 18, 2008 for the award of service connection for an anxiety disorder. The Veteran's claim was reopened based on new and material evidence submitted after his initial denial in July 2009.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, specifically major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his anxiety disorder NOS is not related to his in-service stressor and that his current psychiatric disorders are more likely due to intercurrent factors such as childhood sexual abuse and incarceration.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding his low back disorder. The unspecified anxiety disorder claim remains denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information on the Veteran's claimed stressors and the need for a VA examination to clarify his psychiatric diagnoses.