Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 30 percent prior to April 14, 2014, and to a compensable rating thereafter for migraine headaches [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1806350


Citation Nr: 1806350 Decision Date: 01/30/18 Archive Date: 02/07/18 DOCKET NO. 14-21 301 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for traumatic brain injury (TBI). 2. Entitlement to an initial disability…

Benign tumor of the third ventricle (“brain tumor”), stroke/chronic imbalance, SMC based on housebound status and/or the need for the regular aid/attendance of another [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761150


Citation Nr: 1761150 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 14-38 783A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for a benign tumor of the third ventricle ("brain tumor"). 2. Entitlement…

Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right foot injury [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761151


Citation Nr: 1761151 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 08-28 234 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke, Virginia THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right foot injury. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: The American Legion WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL…

Entitlement to payment or reimbursement of private medical expenses incurred on April 22, 2015 [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761159


Citation Nr: 1761159 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 16-31 597 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System THE ISSUE Entitlement to payment or reimbursement of private medical expenses incurred on April 22, 2015. (The issue of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20…

Post-operative residuals of a right knee reconstruction [GRANTED], extraschedular rating for right knee reconstruction, [DENIED] individual unemployability TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761163


Citation Nr: 1761163 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 10-10 647 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Boston, Massachusetts THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased schedular rating for post-operative residuals of a right knee reconstruction since February 1, 2017, rated as 30 percent…

Right knee disability, status post fusion right ankle with hammer toe, cavus deformity, right calf atrophy, and shortening of the right leg, basal cell carcinoma, left hand fracture, hypertension [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761165


Citation Nr: 1761165 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 10-00 211 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, to include as secondary to the service-connected status post fusion right ankle…

Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761168


Citation Nr: 1761168 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 06-27 564 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: The American Legion WITNESSES AT HEARING ON…

Entitlement to service connection for a low back condition and Entitlement to service connection for headaches [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761169


Citation Nr: 1761169 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 10-49 302 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a low back condition. 2. Entitlement to service connection for headaches. REPRESENTATION Veteran represented by: The…

Diabetes mellitus, herbicide exposure; peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities; prostate cancer and prostate cancer; erectile dysfunction; Parkinson’s disease [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1761170


Citation Nr: 1761170 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 11-00 690 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, to include as secondary to herbicide exposure. 2. Entitlement to service connection for peripheral neuropathy…

Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and panic attacks [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1761171


Citation Nr: 1761171 Decision Date: 12/29/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 04-43 822 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Boston, Massachusetts THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented…