Anxiety Board decisions

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including PTSD and anxiety disorder, is being remanded for a new examination to assess the severity of his condition. The TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its inextricability with the increased rating claim.

The Veteran's appeal of service connection for a disability other than PTSD, leg disability, lumbar spine disability, and left lower extremity radiculopathy has been dismissed due to his withdrawal during the December 2019 Board hearing.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate discussion of a May 1997 treatment note in the VA examination report. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is now pending and requires further medical evaluation.

The Veteran's claims for hypercholesterolemia, back disability, acquired psychiatric disability, epilepsy, and sleep disorder on substitution basis have all been denied due to lack of evidence supporting a link between these conditions and service.,For the claim for bilateral hearing loss, the Veteran was granted secondary service connection based on his service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a lung disorder was reopened due to new evidence. The Board found that the current diagnoses of asbestos-related pleural disease and anxiety and depression do not meet the criteria for service connection as they are not related to active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and depression is being remanded due to the need for further examination and verification of stressor events. The VA will attempt to verify the claimed stressors related to a military helicopter accident in January 2002, and the Veteran will be scheduled for a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD is related to an in-service sexual assault, and he also has a diagnosed alcohol abuse disorder and anxiety. The decision grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, migraines, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to Gulf War exposure. The VA is required to provide a new opinion addressing whether these conditions are related to service.

The Board has determined that the VA Regional Office (RO) did not substantially comply with its prior remand directives and thus, the case is being returned for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD. A new VA examination is needed to determine if any of these conditions are related to active service.

The Veteran's PTSD with anxiety and tension headaches and migraine headaches are granted as service-connected, with the latter conditions found to be secondary to his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, diabetes, PN BLE, CAD, and ED have been reopened.,New evidence has been submitted that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.

The Veteran's initial increased rating for major depressive disorder with comorbid anxiety and latent PTSD from February 20, 2013 to September 30, 2017 was denied as the evidence did not establish occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms.,The Veteran's increased rating for major depressive disorder with comorbid anxiety and latent PTSD from October 1, 2017 was also denied because her symptoms were not severe enough to warrant a 70% rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical examination and records, as well as further adjudication of the service connection claim for epilepsy. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are being evaluated in light of their onset during service or secondary to his epilepsy.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor related disorder (claimed as PTSD), caused by a stressor incident during service. The decision is based on the Veteran's account of sexual assault in Spain while serving.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for depression and anxiety have been dismissed as the appellant has withdrawn his appeal.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is pending.

The Veteran's service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression with complaints of anxiety and memory loss, is granted as secondary to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied due to the lack of a diagnosed disability.,The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for anxiety disorder, NOS was also denied.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected anxiety/depression, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's sleep apnea has been aggravated beyond natural progression by his service-connected psychiatric condition.