Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy [DENIED]/[GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1736659


Citation Nr: 1736659 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-17 248 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Oakland, California THE ISSUE Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy. REPRESENTATION Veteran…

Diabetes mellitus, type II, for herbicides and/or mustard gas [DENIED], Anxiety Disorder [GRANTED], hypertension/prostate cancer [DENIED], bilateral foot fungus [REMANDED, and (PTSD) Citation Nr: 1736664


Citation Nr: 1736664 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-11 888 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, to include as due to exposure to herbicides and/or mustard gas. 2.…

Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent, and in excess of 20 percent on and thereafter for the service-connected thoracolumbar spine strain with degenerative changes is [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1736668


Citation Nr: 1736668 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-26 185 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Portland, Oregon THE ISSUE Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to May 23, 2014, and in excess of 20 percent on and thereafter…

Entitlement to service connection for an acquired low back disability [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1736669


Citation Nr: 1736669 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 10-04 777 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Montgomery, Alabama THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for an acquired low back disability. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Disabled American Veterans WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL The…

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent, and in excess of 50 percent for (PTSD) (previously rated as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression), and individual unemployability (TDIU)


Citation Nr: 1736670 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-11 838 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Newark, New Jersey THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent prior to September 6, 2016 and in excess of 50 percent…

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50, and in excess of 70 percent thereafter for (PTSD) [GRANTED], and individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1736671


Citation Nr: 1736671 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-22 501 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Los Angeles, California THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent prior to August 29, 2008, and in excess of 70 percent…

Bilateral foot fungus, claimed as jungle rot [DENIED], pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), and tinnitus [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736675


Citation Nr: 1736675 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-03 206 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Jackson, Mississippi THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a bilateral foot fungus, claimed as jungle rot. 2. Entitlement to service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB).…

Nerve condition of the legs, to include peripheral neuropathy [DENIED], left eye disability [DENIED], dizzy spells and blackouts [DENIED], disability manifested by memory loss [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1736677


Citation Nr: 1736677 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-03 965 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Nashville, Tennessee THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a nerve condition of the legs, to include peripheral neuropathy as due to herbicide exposure. 2. Entitlement…

Entitlement to an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss [REMANDED], bilateral knee disability [DENIED], and bronchitis, to include as due to asbestos [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1736679


Citation Nr: 1736679 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 16-27 192 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to service connection for a bilateral knee disability. 3.…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1736681


Citation Nr: 1736681 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 08-39 600 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Michael J. Brown, Esq. WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL Appellant ATTORNEY…