Entitlement to service connection for a left knee injury [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160363


Citation Nr: 18160363 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 15-04 373 DATE: December 26, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a left knee injury is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran had honorable service with the United States Army National Guard from November 1997 to July 2005. He was activated from August…

Right arm shell fragment wound; right chest shell fragment wound; residuals of a superficial wound, left chest; left shoulder shell fragment wound; & OTHERS [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160365


Citation Nr: 18160365 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 12-02 778 DATE: December 27, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for right arm shell fragment wound is remanded. Entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for right chest shell fragment wound is remanded. Entitlement to an…

Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) [GRANTED]; Entitlement to a TDIU prior to January 12, 2018 on an extra-schedular basis [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160377


Citation Nr: 18160377 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 17-26 088 DATE: December 26, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted, effective January 12, 2018. REMANDED Entitlement to a TDIU prior to January 12, 2018 on an extra-schedular basis is remanded. FINDING OF FACT The…

New and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral pes planus and the appeal is [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160379


Citation Nr: 18160379 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 16-59 786 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER New and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral pes planus and the appeal is denied. FINDING OF FACT 1. In November 2006, the RO denied entitlement…

The Veteran’s application to reopen the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss [DENIED]; Service connection for tinnitus [GRANTED]; Citation Nr: 18160380


Citation Nr: 18160380 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 17-03 680 DATE: December 26, 2018 ORDER New and material evidence not having been received, the Veteran’s application to reopen the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. An…

Depression; right hip disorder; left hip disorder; acquired psychiatric disorder diagnosed as major depressive disorder; right/left hip disorder; lumbar spine disability; left ankle disability Citation Nr: 18160381


Citation Nr: 18160381 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 16-61 919 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for depression is granted. The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disorder is granted. The application to reopen…

Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus; sleep difficulty, to include sleep apnea, claimed as secondary to tinnitus; [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160382


Citation Nr: 18160382 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 16-33 233 DATE: December 27, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for sleep difficulty, to include sleep apnea, claimed as secondary to tinnitus, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from May…

Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); individual unemployability, due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160383


Citation Nr: 18160383 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 17-01 872 DATE: December 27, 2018 REMANDED Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is remanded. Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability, due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU), is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran…

Left knee osteoarthritis (claimed as left knee); right knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear; reconstruction and medial meniscal tear, status post-debridement [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160384


Citation Nr: 18160384 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 14-11 999 DATE: December 27, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for left knee osteoarthritis (claimed as left knee) secondary to service-connected right knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, status post-reconstruction and medial meniscal tear, status post-debridement is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran…

Lumbar myositis with herniated nucleus pulposus; left/right lower extremity radiculopathy; right ankle contracture; right foot plantar callus; lumber myositis [DENIED] OTHERS [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160386


Citation Nr: 18160386 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 18-30 977 DATE: December 26, 2018 ORDER An evaluation in excess of 40 percent for service-connected lumbar myositis with herniated nucleus pulposus, degenerative arthritis, and lumbar strain, is denied. An initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for service-connected left lower extremity radiculopathy is…