Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 0 percent for bilateral hearing loss [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749189


Citation Nr: 1749189 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-27 532 ) DATE ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina THE ISSUE Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 0 percent for bilateral hearing loss. ORDER A disability rating in excess of 0 percent…

Left ear tinnitus due to (CUE) in the September 1957 rating decision (CUE for tinnitus) [GRANTED], left ear hearing loss [DISMISSED], right ear hearing loss due to CUE [DENIED], others [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749190


Citation Nr: 1749190 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 14-34 797A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Detroit, Michigan THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for left ear tinnitus, due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the…

Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive disorder, and anxiety [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749191


Citation Nr: 1749191 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-02 216 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Portland, Oregon THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive disorder, and anxiety. REPRESENTATION Veteran represented by:…

Myocardial infarction, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, and individual unemployability (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749192


Citation Nr: 1749192 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-03 393 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke, Virginia THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a myocardial infarction. 2. Entitlement to a rating in excess of…

Right knee disorder [DENIED], and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hiatal hernia, chronic duodenal ulcer with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and bronchitis [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749193


Citation Nr: 1749193 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-44 544 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder, to include as secondary to service-connected right and left ankle sprains. 2. Entitlement…

Entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disability [GRANTED], lumbar spine disability [GRANTED], and for hepatitis C [REMNDED] Citation Nr: 1749194


Citation Nr: 1749194 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-36 410 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Los Angeles, California THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disability. 2. Entitlement to service connection for a lumbar spine disability. 3. Entitlement…

Pulmonary fibrosis, acquired psychiatric disability, lung disability, arterial hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD) with angina, peptic ulcer disease (PUD), and (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749195


Citation Nr: 1749195 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 10-48 158 ) 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 evaluation for pulmonary fibrosis, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling. 2. Entitlement to…

Right thumb condition, listed as degenerative joint disease, Bennett’s fracture of right thumb postoperative, extraschedular rating for a right thumb condition and right wrist condition [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749197


Citation Nr: 1749197 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 10-04 342 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for a right thumb condition, listed as degenerative joint disease, Bennett's fracture…

Entitlement to an increased evaluation for a left hip disability since February 1, 2015 [GRANTED], rating in excess of 70 percent is [DENIED] and TDIU [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749198


Citation Nr: 1749198 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-30 145 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Phoenix, Arizona THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased evaluation for a left hip disability since February 1, 2015, rated as 30 percent disabling for the period…

Entitlement to referral for an extraschedular rating for a low back disability, and unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749199


Citation Nr: 1749199 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 08-38 181 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to referral for an extraschedular rating for a low back disability. 2. Entitlement to a total rating for compensation purposes…