Entitlement to service connection for a kidney disorder, bilateral hearing loss, right hip disorder and low back disorder [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1744012


Citation Nr: 1744012 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-31 442 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Phoenix, Arizona THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a kidney disorder. 2. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss. 3. Entitlement to service connection…

Entitlement to service connection for chronic back pain diagnosed with sacroiliitis and lumbar facet syndrome [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1744013


Citation Nr: 1744013 Decision Date: 09/19/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-00 573A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for a lower back disorder. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Disabled American Veterans WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL The Veteran…

Back/neck disabilities, to include disability of right hand laceration injury residuals, individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749033


Citation Nr: 1749033 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-27 077 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a back disability, to include as secondary to the service-connected disability of right hand laceration injury residuals…

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 service connection for hypertension [DENIED], diabetes mellitus type 2 [DENIED], and service connection for migraines [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1749035


Citation Nr: 1749035 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-00 170A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Nashville, Tennessee THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for hypertension. 2. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2. 3. Entitlement to service connection for…

Right 2nd metatarsal, status post-surgery with scar [Prior GRANTED] [Post DENIED], and post excision of Morton’s neuroma of the left foot with scar and calcaneal spur [Prior GRANTED] [Post DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749036


Citation Nr: 1749036 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-27 551 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating for status post fracture of the right 2nd metatarsal, status post-surgery with scar (right foot disability), rated…

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 an effective date prior to September 28, 2010, for the award of special monthly pension based on the need for aid and attendance [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1744017


Citation Nr: 1744017 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-35 540 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Cleveland, Ohio THE ISSUE Entitlement to an effective date prior to September 28, 2010, for the award of special monthly pension based on the need for aid…

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…