Cervical spine degenerative changes, lumbar spine degenerative changes [DENIED], right/left lower extremity radiculopathy [GRANTED], and (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744001


Citation Nr: 1744001 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-23 457 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for cervical spine degenerative changes. 2. Entitlement to a disability rating in…

The appeal seeking entitlement to payment of attorney fees from past-due benefits associated with the grant of an increased disability rating in a December 2013 RO rating decision [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1744002


Citation Nr: 1744002 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 15-04 329 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina THE ISSUE Entitlement to attorney fees from past-due benefits associated with the grant of an increased disability rating in a December 2013 RO rating…

The appeal for service connection for a skin disorder other than tinea cruris, to include chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, secondary to herbicide exposure is dismissed [DISMISSED] Citation Nr: 1744003


Citation Nr: 1744003 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 03-23 909 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Nashville, Tennessee THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for a skin disorder other than tinea cruris, to include chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, secondary to herbicide exposure.…

Entitlement to a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC) Fund [DEMISMISS] Citation Nr: 1744004


Citation Nr: 1744004 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-01 031 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines THE ISSUE Entitlement to a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC) Fund. ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD J. Sandler,…

Entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744006


Citation Nr: 1744006 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 14-28 033A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Adam Neidenberg, Attorney WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL Appellant ATTORNEY FOR…

Entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744005


Citation Nr: 1744005 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-32 833 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Portland, Oregon THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs WITNESSES AT HEARING…

Entitlement to service connection for a lung disability as a residual of bilateral lobar pneumonia, and individual employability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1744008


Citation Nr: 1744008 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-03 437 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Providence, Rhode Island THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a lung disability as a residual of bilateral lobar pneumonia. 2. Entitlement to a total rating…

Bladder disability, initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine with scoliosis and muscle spasm, and residuals of a stroke [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744009


Citation Nr: 1744009 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 10-33 870 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke, Virginia THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a bladder disability, claimed as secondary to service-connected disability. 2. Entitlement to an initial evaluation in excess…

Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II [DENIED], headache disorder [REMANDED], and Heart Condition [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744010


Citation Nr: 1744010 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 08-04 954 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Montgomery, Alabama THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II. 2. Entitlement to service connection for a headache disorder. 3. Entitlement to service…

Entitlement to an extraschedular rating for CAD, status post myocardial infarction and stenting, previously characterized as IHD, is [DENIED], and Entitlement to a TDIU is [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1744011


Citation Nr: 1744011 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-22 305 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an extraschedular rating for coronary artery disease (CAD), status post myocardial infarction and stenting, previously characterized as ischemic heart disease…