Entitlement to an increased rating for a service-connected right ankle, fracture malleolus, currently rated as 10 percent disabling [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736657


Citation Nr: 1736657 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 10-28 794 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Albuquerque, New Mexico THE ISSUE Entitlement to an increased rating for a service-connected right ankle, fracture malleolus, currently rated as 10 percent disabling. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by:…

Entitlement to a disability rating for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736658


Citation Nr: 1736658 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-30 803 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke, Virginia THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a disability rating for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in excess of 30 percent prior to January 25, 2013, and in…

Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy [DENIED]/[GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1736659


Citation Nr: 1736659 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-17 248 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Oakland, California THE ISSUE Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy. REPRESENTATION Veteran…

Acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hyperkeratotic lesions of the bilateral feet, and hallux rigidus of the left foot [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736660


Citation Nr: 1736660 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-06 279 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania THE ISSUES 1. Whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired…

Entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to a service connected-disability or medications for a service-connected disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736661


Citation Nr: 1736661 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 14-07 250 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in North Little Rock, Arkansas THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to a service connected-disability or medications for a service-connected disability.…

Tinnitus, depression/anxiety, hip impairment, left hip trochanteric bursitis, right knee/flexion, left knee PFPS, thoracolumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy & TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736662


Citation Nr: 1736662 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-11 477 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Portland, Oregon THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an effective date earlier than July 27, 2006, for the award of service connection for tinnitus. 2. Entitlement to an…

Increased rating in excess of 20 for degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine, 10% for cervical spine, 10% for right/left knee degenerative joint disease [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736663


Citation Nr: 1736663 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-16 196 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased disability rating in excess of 20 percent for the service-connected degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine.…

Diabetes mellitus, type II, for herbicides and/or mustard gas [DENIED], Anxiety Disorder [GRANTED], hypertension/prostate cancer [DENIED], bilateral foot fungus [REMANDED, and (PTSD) Citation Nr: 1736664


Citation Nr: 1736664 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-11 888 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, to include as due to exposure to herbicides and/or mustard gas. 2.…

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for anxiety disorder [GRANTED], and total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1736665


Citation Nr: 1736665 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-09 550A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for anxiety disorder. 2. Entitlement to a total disability rating for…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and Entitlement to service connection for hammer toes with hallux valgus of the bilateral feet (“bilateral foot disability”) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1736666


Citation Nr: 1736666 Decision Date: 08/31/17 Archive Date: 09/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-30 743 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Nashville, Tennessee THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to service connection for hammer toes with hallux valgus of the bilateral…