Entitlement to service connection for a respiratory condition, to include as due to asbestos exposure [DENIED]; cause of the Veteran’s death [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160536


Citation Nr: 18160536 Decision Date: 12/28/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 13-32 716 DATE: December 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a respiratory condition, to include as due to asbestos exposure, is denied. Entitlement to service connection for cause of the Veteran's death is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran was not…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to February 16, 2010 [DENIED]; (PTSD) prior to April 20, 2015 [GRANTED]; individual unemployability (TDIU) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160537


Citation Nr: 18160537 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-55 147 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an earlier effective date prior to February 16, 2010, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is denied. Entitlement to a rating of 70 percent for PTSD for the prior to…

Bilateral hearing loss; 10% for nephrolithiasis [DENIED]; individual unemployability (TDIU) [GRANTED]; implanted cardiac pacemaker; extraschedular TDIU [REMANDED]; Citation Nr: 18160538


Citation Nr: 18160538 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-62 847 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied. Entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for nephrolithiasis is denied. Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); hypertension; headache disability [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160540


Citation Nr: 18160540 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 17-10 147 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER The appeal to reopen a service connection claim for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted. Entitlement to service connection for hypertension is denied. Entitlement to service connection for a headache disability is denied. REMANDED Entitlement to service…

Entitlement to payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at Methodist Medical Center (MMC) on August 4, 2015 [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160542


Citation Nr: 18160542 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-18 403 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at Methodist Medical Center (MMC) on August 4, 2015 is denied. FINDING OF FACT A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility was feasibly available for treatment of…

Bilateral hearing loss [DENIED]; Hepatitis C [REMANDED]; erectile dysfunction (ED), to include as secondary to service-connected (PTSD); PTSD; (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160545


Citation Nr: 18160545 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-37 296 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER As new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for a hepatitis C has been received, the application to reopen is granted. Entitlement to a compensable rating for service-connected bilateral hearing…

Lumbar spine, herniated bulge disc at L5-S1 disability [DENIED]; right lower extremity radiculopathy [GRANTED]; depressive disorder claimed as depression [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160547


Citation Nr: 18160547 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 17-02 119 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for the period prior to January 8, 2018 and in excess of 10 percent thereafter for lumbar spine, herniated bulge disc at L5-S1 disability is denied. Entitlement…

Chronic fatigue syndrome connected constochondritis and bilateral knee patellofemoral syndrome; headaches [DENIED]; 10% for a left/right knee patellofemoral syndrome [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160548


Citation Nr: 18160548 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-51 379 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER 1. Entitlement to service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, to include as due to Gulf War illness, and as secondary to service connected constochondritis and bilateral knee patellofemoral syndrome disabilities is denied. 2. Entitlement to service connection…

10% prior to December 22, 1997 for a lumbar spine disability [DENIED]; 40 percent, and not higher, from December 22, 1997 to September 12, 2016 for a lumbar spine disability [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160549


Citation Nr: 18160549 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 13-30 855 DATE: December 27, 2018 ISSUE Entitlement to a non-initial disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent prior to November 15, 2017, and in excess of 20 percent from November 15, 2017 for a lumbar spine disability. ORDER Entitlement to an evaluation in…

Service connection for a Left-hand disorder; right-hand disorder; posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160552


Citation Nr: 18160552 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 17-02 024 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Service connection for a left-hand disorder is denied. Service connection for a right-hand disorder is denied. Service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran has no current left-hand disorder. 2.…