Individual unemployability due to service connected disabilities (TDIU), and special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance or housebound status [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1648519


Citation Nr: 1648519 Decision Date: 12/29/16 Archive Date: 01/06/17 DOCKET NO. 15-10 953 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Houston, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service connected disabilities (TDIU). 2. Entitlement to special monthly compensation…

Rating of 50 percent prior to January 12, 2016, and in excess of 70 percent thereafter for major depression & individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1648521


Citation Nr: 1648521 Decision Date: 12/29/16 Archive Date: 01/06/17 DOCKET NO. 14-31 698 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Salt Lake City, Utah THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent prior to January 12, 2016, and in excess of 70…

Increased rating greater than 30% for compression fracture of C5 with arthrodesis at C4-C6, cervical spine DDD, and chronic posterior cervical myofascial pain syndrome, and TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1648525


Citation Nr: 1648525 Decision Date: 12/29/16 Archive Date: 01/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-09 461 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Paul, Minnesota THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating greater than 30 percent for service-connected compression fracture of C5 with arthrodesis at C4-C6, cervical spine…

Depressive disorder, not otherwise specified (NOS) [GRANTED]; left knee residuals of a medial collateral ligament tear; and individual unemployability (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1648546


Citation Nr: 1648546 Decision Date: 12/30/16 Archive Date: 01/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-18 871 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder, not otherwise specified (NOS). 2. Entitlement to a rating…

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…

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…

Entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [DISMISSED], and individual unemployability (TDIU), [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1749134


Citation Nr: 1749134 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 14-05 796 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Houston, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 2. Entitlement to a total disability rating due…

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent disabling for bilateral hearing loss prior [DENIED], and entitlement to a TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743992


Citation Nr: 1743992 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 15-12 049A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent disabling for bilateral hearing loss prior to September…

Rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, right/left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, 10 percent for right/left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744007


Citation Nr: 1744007 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 10-28 311 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Huntington, West Virginia THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus. 2. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 20…

Esophageal tear [REMANDED], rating higher than 30 percent for migraine headaches [DENIED], and individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1744031


Citation Nr: 1744031 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 10-48 341 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Louisville, Kentucky THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for an esophageal tear. 2. Entitlement to a disability rating higher than 30 percent for migraine headaches. 3.…