Anxiety Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal for a TDIU is dismissed as the claim has been moot due to the award of a 100% rating and SMC at the housebound rate.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than a sleep disorder and for TDIU, finding that the preponderance of evidence did not support these claims. The Board concluded that the Veteran’s current anxiety disorder is less likely related to his military service or secondary to his service-connected tinnitus and/or sleeping disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient efforts in verifying the Veteran's claimed stressors and incomplete VA examinations. The claim will be reviewed again with additional development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been reopened and granted. The TDIU claim is remanded due to the pending determination of a disability rating for PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD with symptoms of depression and other acquired psychiatric disabilities. The issue of entitlement to Total Disability due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his active duty service in Afghanistan.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for PTSD, hypertension, and diabetic glaucoma due to non-compliance with prior remand directives. Additional development is required including obtaining medical records and providing an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a new mental health examination to determine if any current psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder and/or anxiety, is related to the Veteran's service or caused by his service-connected cervical spine disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there is no competent evidence of a nexus between his major depressive disorder or anxiety disorder and his active duty service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for PTSD, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and COPD are all granted. The Veteran is also granted service connection for PTSD with depression and anxiety.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, is granted as service connection due to in-service military sexual trauma (MST).

The Veteran's claim for service connection for major depressive disorder with secondary anxiety was denied in January 2008, and the effective date of this grant is set at July 5, 2018, when the Veteran submitted an intent to file a claim. The Board found no legal basis to grant an earlier effective date.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, stress and alcohol abuse dependence; mild head trauma with blackout; menorrhagia claimed as vaginal bleeding; lower mouth, swelling; lump on the left side of neck; lump behind the left ear; sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, claimed as nasal congestion; skin trauma and abrasions, right arm; and skin abrasions of the right elbow, bilateral knees and upper back.

The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his acquired psychiatric disability, including bipolar disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, is being remanded due to the need for a current VA examination to assess the severity of his condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities and an acquired psychiatric disability due to a lack of medical opinions on record.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for anxiety disorder and secondary service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to his anxiety disorder were both denied by the Board.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased evaluation of tinnitus is denied as the maximum schedular rating has already been assigned.,The Veteran's appeals for service connection and evaluations for various conditions are remanded due to need for additional medical examinations.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, anxiety, and cyclothymic disorder, as well as hypertension. The Veteran's current diagnoses are being evaluated further.,The appeal regarding a cervical spine disorder is also remanded due to insufficient medical records.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than September 18, 2018 for PTSD with depression and anxiety, and for a higher rating for CAD. The case is remanded to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected heart disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety), finding no current diagnosis of such a condition.,Service connection was also denied for bicuspid aortic valve, as the Veteran's pre-existing defect did not worsen during his period of active duty.