Anxiety Board decisions

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder with bereavement, are granted as service connected due to the presence of a current diagnosis related to in-service stressors.

The Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia disability is found to be the primary cause of his headaches and anxiety disorder. The Board has granted service connection for these conditions, effective from January 3, 2017.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for further development regarding whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, specifically chronic headaches, lumbar spine disability, and cervical spine disability with bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and schizoaffective disorder due to a lack of adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's PTSD.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder have not been shown to result in total occupational and social impairment, thus the current rating of 70 percent is denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence on whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol abuse, is secondary to his service-connected back disability.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic headaches and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, panic disorder with anxiety, and MDD, as these conditions are related to the Veteran's in-service personal assault.

The Veteran's PTSD with major depressive disorder, recurrent panic disorder, agoraphobia and generalized anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent since January 8, 2015.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between her current mental health conditions and her military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's psychiatric disability and his active service. The VA examiner is requested to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood had its onset during or is otherwise related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for status post pterygium excision of bilateral eyes is denied. The application to reopen a claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, previously evaluated as major depression and anxiety claimed as nervous condition, is granted.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including passive-aggressive personality disorder, depression, and anxiety, finding that the conditions were not caused by service.

The Veteran's petition to reopen a claim for service connection for left knee osteoarthritis is granted. The claims for service connection for unspecified anxiety and right knee osteoarthritis are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and new evidence, including internet articles submitted by the Appellant.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, are found to be secondary to her service-connected urethral polyps with residual microhematuria and urinary tract infections.

The Board has granted service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are at least as likely as not related to his military service.

The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is remanded due to inadequate examination and need for further medical opinion.

The Veteran's anxiety disorder has been granted a disability rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of decision.,Service connection for prostate cancer residuals is granted with an initial disability rating of 100 percent prior to January 7, 2013, and 40 percent thereafter. Service connection for hypertension is remanded.

Service connection is granted for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss.,Service connection is denied for generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, migraine headaches, insomnia, tinnitus, and vision problems. The Board found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.