The issue of whether an overpayment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation benefits in the amount of $11,434.00 due to change in dependency status [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160524


Citation Nr: 18160524 Decision Date: 12/28/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 12-04 814A DATE: December 28, 2018 REMANDED The issue of whether an overpayment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation benefits in the amount of $11,434.00 due to change in dependency status was validly created is REMANDED. The issue of entitlement to waiver of…

50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to December 8, 2017; individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to December 8, 2017 [DISMISSED] Citation Nr: 18160526


Citation Nr: 18160526 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 10-17 074 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER The appeal of the issues of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to December 8, 2017, and entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability due to…

Left/Right knee disability, claimed as a left/right leg disability; arthritis other than of the bilateral knees, ankles, and lumbar spine [DENIED]; OTHERS [REMINDED] Citation Nr: 18160527


Citation Nr: 18160527 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 13-12 093 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability, claimed as a left leg disability, is denied. Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, claimed as a right leg disability, is denied. Entitlement to service…

Entitlement to service connection for a low back disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160528


Citation Nr: 18160528 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 09-30 193 DATE: December 27, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a low back disability is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from July 1967 to July 1969. This matter comes before the Board on appeal from January 2008…

Muscle loss, Fatigue; burn scars of the left shoulder; hernia scar [DENIED]; gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and gastritis; lumbar spine disorder; PTSD; TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160530


Citation Nr: 18160530 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 09-26 987 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Service connection for muscle loss, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness, is denied. Service connection for fatigue, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness, is denied. An initial compensable evaluation for burn scars of…

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…

Abdominal muscle strain [DISMISSED]; back disability; right knee disability; left knee disability [GRANTED]; individual unemployability (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160539


Citation Nr: 18160539 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 17-11 347 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Service connection for an abdominal muscle strain is dismissed. Service connection for a back disability is granted. Service connection for a right knee disability is granted. Service connection for a left knee disability is granted. REMANDED Entitlement…

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…

(PTSD) [GRANTED]; (TDIU) [GRANTED]; lumbar spine disorder; heart condition, including hypertension and ischemic heart disease; left below knee amputation with callosity stump [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160546


Citation Nr: 18160546 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-41 589 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a lumbar spine disorder is reopened, and to that extent the appeal is granted. Service connection for tinnitus is granted. A 70 percent evaluation,…

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…