Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to an in-service personal trauma [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1648562


Citation Nr: 1648562 Decision Date: 12/08/16 Archive Date: 01/06/17 DOCKET NO. 14-29 833 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to an in-service personal trauma. REPRESENTATION Appellant…

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) with headaches and vertigo, and Entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1648563


Citation Nr: 1648563 Decision Date: 12/08/16 Archive Date: 01/06/17 DOCKET NO. 15-09 453 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with headaches and vertigo. 2. Entitlement…

Tinnitus [GRANTED], Dementia due to asbestos exposure, bilateral hearing loss, hypertensive vascular disease and intervertebral disc syndrome [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749034


Citation Nr: 1749034 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 17-17 086 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for dementia due to asbestos exposure. 2. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus. 3. Entitlement to service…

Entitlement to an increased rating for a left knee disability, to include restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for osteoarthritis status post arthroscopy [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744015


Citation Nr: 1744015 Decision Date: 09/25/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 17-16 578 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in San Diego, California THE ISSUE Entitlement to an increased rating for a left knee disability, to include restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for osteoarthritis status…

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a left eye disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744016


Citation Nr: 1744016 Decision Date: 09/26/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-34 945 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUE Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a left eye disability. REPRESENTATION Veteran represented by: Kathy A. Lieberman, Attorney…

Entitlement to VA benefits for the period from October 1998 to August 2000 [GRANTED], Entitlement to service connection for a left foot disorder [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749037


Citation Nr: 1749037 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-18 149 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to VA benefits for the period from October 1998 to August 2000. 2. Entitlement to service connection for a left…

Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss [DENIED], and Entitlement to service connection for residuals of dengue fever [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744020


Citation Nr: 1744020 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 15-23 143 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Boston, Massachusetts THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of dengue…

Chronic rhinitis, residual of a left distal fibular spiral fracture with traumatic arthritis (left ankle disability), and individual unemployability (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749040


Citation Nr: 1749040 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-31 745 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic rhinitis. 2. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent…

Entitlement to service connection for carcinoma in situ with severe vocal cord dysplasia (throat cancer), resulting from in-service asbestos exposure [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744021


Citation Nr: 1744021 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 16-35 186 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for carcinoma in situ with severe vocal cord dysplasia (throat cancer), resulting from in-service asbestos exposure. REPRESENTATION Appellant…

Left knee patellofemoral syndrome, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, migraine headaches, bilateral hip disability, lumbar spine disability, acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749042


Citation Nr: 1749042 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-37 753 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for post-operative residuals of a left knee patellofemoral syndrome. 2. Entitlement…