Anxiety Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and insufficient evidence to establish service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depressive disorders. The Veteran's mental health symptoms are linked to military service but there is no direct evidence of a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's right knee disability is not service-connected. The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD with anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, panic disorder, alcohol abuse, and cocaine abuse prior to March 4, 2017, as the symptoms did not meet criteria for a higher rating.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as anxiety disorder, is granted service connection.,Service connection for migraine headaches is granted based on new and material evidence.

The Veteran's prostate cancer is granted a rating of 10% from April 1, 2013 to August 20, 2014. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, depression, and anxiety) is also granted.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if any current psychiatric disorder is related to military service. The Veteran's personnel records show he served in Iraq from April 2002 to September 2002.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed as anxiety, depression, mood disorder, unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, and unspecified bipolar-related disorder is granted. Service connection for substance abuse disorders (including methamphetamine and opioid use disorders and substance induced psychosis) secondary to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disabilities is also granted.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, including depression with anxiety and memory loss, should be remanded due to failure to report for a VA examination. The Veteran must be scheduled for a new medical examination.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as anxiety and depression) due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to her military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically anxiety disorder. The decision found that there was no clear and unmistakable evidence of aggravation by any period of active service.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran does not have PTSD, depressive disorder, or an anxiety disorder. The Board also found no evidence of polysubstance dependency being secondary to any service-connected condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and remanded his claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss disability.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability was rated at 30 percent prior to April 1, 2016 and upgraded to 50 percent from April 1, 2016 to September 23, 2019. Beginning September 23, 2019, the rating was increased to 100 percent.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence of a verified in-service stressor for PTSD, but has found that the Veteran's current diagnoses of depressive disorder and anxiety are related to service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for a higher rating of adjustment disorder with anxiety, so the case is dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an effective date prior to September 10, 2010, for the grant of service connection for anxiety disorder and PTSD. The decision found that the claim was not based on a new and material evidence but rather on the submission of existing records.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD and anxiety disorder and depressive disorder have been granted.,The Veteran's claim of a compensable disability rating for right hip strain has been remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination and opinion regarding service connection for panic disorder, anxiety and depressive disorders, and personality disorder.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine if the Veteran's bowel condition, anxiety disorder, or right hip condition are related to service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, currently diagnosed as unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, is granted service connection. The Board finds that the evidence supports a finding of in-service sexual assault leading to current mental health conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including a depressive disorder and an anxiety disorder, are found to be as likely as not related to his active duty service. The Board granted the claim for service connection.