Anxiety — all decisions

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, migraine headaches, and special monthly compensation on account of loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board denied the extension of time allowed to submit a request for review and an earlier effective date for service connection for anxiety, as well as remanded the initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral spine degenerative arthritis.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the evidence did not support occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, based on the Veteran's reported experiences during National Guard service.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, finding the evidence to be at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorder had its onset in service.

The Board denied increased ratings for psychiatric disabilities, liver disability, and painful scars of the anterior trunk but granted service connection for tinnitus, urinary incontinence, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder is granted service connection. The remaining claims are remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression and anxiety disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine and right lower extremity (RLE) and left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD and anxiety disorder, as well as a claim for TDIU, due to deficiencies in the development of evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, sleep apnea, cervical spine (neck) disability, lumbar spine (back) disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and erectile dysfunction. The appeal was dismissed for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder due to the grant of an unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, right knee strain, left knee strain, pseudofolliculitis barbae, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain and generalized anxiety disorder, and throbbing head pain on a direct basis.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and generalized anxiety disorder, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted the appeal to restore service connection for anxiety, finding that there was evidence in the file supporting a separately diagnosed mental health disability separate from tinnitus.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability and musculoskeletal disorders, as there was no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to the claimed conditions.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder and remanded the claim for service connection for sexual dysfunction.

The Board granted service connection for recurrent major depressive disorder with anxious distress, unspecified insomnia disorder, and unspecified anxiety disorder due to the service-connected left ear hearing loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation in excess of the 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) rate due to a lack of evidence showing anatomical loss or loss of use of both arms, both legs, one arm and one leg, or blindness without light perception in both eyes.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of headaches, generalized anxiety disorder, and bilateral foot exposure to excessive natural cold, but denied an earlier effective date for tinnitus. The Board also denied increased ratings for several conditions including tinnitus.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a positive PPD test, left foot condition, and right foot condition due to untimely filings of notice of disagreement. The claims for anxiety, cervical spine condition, penile condition, left hip condition, and right hip condition were remanded for further development.