Entitlement to a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754204


Citation Nr: 1754204 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 13-31 723 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Houston, Texas THE ISSUE Entitlement to a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Texas Veterans Commission WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL The Veteran…

Status post vagotomy and pyloroplasty for duodenal ulcer, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service connected disabilities Citation Nr: 1754203 [REMANDED]


Citation Nr: 1754203 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 11-31 886 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating for status post vagotomy and pyloroplasty for duodenal ulcer, currently evaluated as 40 percent disabling. 2.…

Lumbosacral spine disability [DENIED]; cervical spine disability [DENIED] and Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754200


Citation Nr: 1754200 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 10-38 794 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in North Little Rock, Arkansas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability. 2. Entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disability. 3.…

Bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus [DENIED], diabetes mellitus GRANTED], and chondromalacia patella, right knee, status post arthroscopy and chondroplasty (a “right knee disability”) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754196


Citation Nr: 1754196 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 12-31 603 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus. 3. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes…

Entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754195


Citation Nr: 1754195 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 15-01 632 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in New Orleans, Louisiana THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 2. Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than…

Cervical osteoarthritis with spondylosis and neuralformina stenosis; right shoulder impingement syndrome; thoracic spondylosis; thoracic spine disability, and bilateral hearing loss disability Citation Nr: 1754190


Citation Nr: 1754190 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 11-04 432 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Houston, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for cervical osteoarthritis with spondylosis and neuralformina stenosis. 2. Entitlement to a rating…

Psychiatric disorder, generalized anxiety disorder & panic attacks, carpal tunnel syndrome of the right & left upper extremities, and other [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754189


Citation Nr: 1754189 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 03-16 453 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in San Juan, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating in excess of 50 percent prior to March 2016 for a psychiatric…

Entitlement to service connection for cause of the Veteran’s death [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754188


Citation Nr: 1754188 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 02-07 796 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Houston, Texas THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for cause of the Veteran's death. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Daniel Krasnegor, Attorney WITNESSES AT HEARING ON APPEAL Appellant,…

Right knee condition with mild degenerative changes; left knee arthralgia; right lower extremity radiculopathy; [DISMISSED] right ankle fracture; myofascial lumbar pain, & TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754185


Citation Nr: 1754185 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 08-02 925 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased evaluation for a right knee condition with mild degenerative changes, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling. 2. Entitlement…

Entitlement to service connection for post-polio syndrome (claimed as poliomyelitis), [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1754184


Citation Nr: 1754184 Decision Date: 11/28/17 Archive Date: 12/07/17 DOCKET NO. 12-20 810A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for post-polio syndrome (claimed as poliomyelitis). REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Disabled American Veterans WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL…