Anxiety — all decisions

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and PTSD, for additional development, including rescheduling a VA examination due to the Veteran missing a previously scheduled appointment.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, and remanded the claims for a gastrointestinal condition, to include Barrett's esophagus, hypertension, nickel allergy, and thyroid condition, to include hypothyroidism.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for bilateral hearing loss, chronic sinusitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic headaches. The initial ratings for generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder and allergic rhinitis were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include OCD and GAD, based on the evidence supporting a nexus between the Veteran's symptoms during active duty and his current condition.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and anxiety, for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and anxiety disorder, as well as a rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran's lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and strain.

The Board remands the matter to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ for any decision made by VA affecting the payment of benefits or granting of relief.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a total disability based on individual unemployability, special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance, SMC based on housebound status, and service connection for vertigo.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, including adjustment disorder, anxiety, and unspecified depressive disorder, finding no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of a 30 percent rating for tension headaches, service connection for radiculopathy of the left and right upper extremities associated with cervical strain, and an initial 50 percent rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety and insomnia disorder, all effective from September 28, 2019.

The appeal for service connection for anxiety was withdrawn and dismissed, while tinnitus was granted. Bilateral hearing loss and a lumbar disorder were remanded.

The Board remands the case for an adequate VA examination and to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors.

The Board denied service connection for unexplained weight loss/weight gain and an initial compensable rating for folliculitis, but remanded the claims for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board denied service connection for lower back sprain, heart disease, cervical spine disorder, inguinal hernia, work stress (high anxiety), basal cell carcinoma of the nose, glaucoma, high blood pressure, digestive disorder, and hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability or an in-service event, injury, or illness related to these conditions.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his cognitive impairment, which was part of his service-connected mental health disability, contributed to his fatal ingestion of battery fluid.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on the need of regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, which include rheumatoid arthritis affecting multiple joints and other conditions.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, hemorrhoids, and a thoracic spine disorder. Service connection was granted for hypertension, and an initial rating of 30 percent was assigned for irritable bowel syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's psychiatric disorders (PTSD, depression, anxiety) and granted an initial 30 percent disability rating for sinusitis. The claim for chronic fatigue syndrome was denied.

The Board granted service connection for genital herpes and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the service-connected genital herpes, but denied service connection for PTSD.