Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 7, 2014 [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749121


Citation Nr: 1749121 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 07-31 415 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in San Juan, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico THE ISSUE Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 7, 2014. ATTORNEY FOR…

An initial 50 percent rating for PTSD [GRANTED], thereafter [DENIED] and TDIU [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749122


Citation Nr: 1749122 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-37 726 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating higher than 30 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to March 21, 2011; higher than 50…

Acute myositis of the lumbar spine, degenerative joint disease (DJD) at the L4-5 level, and (DDD) at the L5-S1 level, i.e., for a low back disability [DENIED] and TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749124


Citation Nr: 1749124 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-36 145 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Oakland, California THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating higher than 40 percent for acute myositis of the lumbar spine, degenerative joint disease (DJD) at the L4-5…

Entitlement for the period prior to July 18, 2013, entitlement to an initial rating of 50 percent for PTSD [GRANTED], thereafter [DENIED], and entitlement to a TDIU [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749125


Citation Nr: 1749125 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 14-24 973 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Newark, New Jersey THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for the period prior to July…

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 service connection for vertigo, claimed as dizziness and Meniere’s syndrome [DENIED], Entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749196


Citation Nr: 1749196 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-21 368 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for vertigo, claimed as dizziness and Meniere's syndrome, to include as secondarily service-connected to an in-service injury. 2.…

Right/Left knee strain is denied, myopia, bilateral hearing loss is denied, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD [DENIED] and other [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749208


Citation Nr: 1749208 Decision Date: 10/27/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 17-10 317 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial compensable evaluation for hypertension. 2. Entitlement to service connection for chronic joint pain. 3. Entitlement to service…

Skin disorder, other than malignant fibroxanthoma, diabetes mellitus, or due to Agent Orange exposure, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II and TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743974


Citation Nr: 1743974 Decision Date: 09/15/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 09-33 306 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Jackson, Mississippi THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a skin disorder, other than malignant fibroxanthoma, to include as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, or due…

Entitlement to a rating for Multiple disabilities [DENIED], others [GRANTED] and [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743983


Citation Nr: 1743983 Decision Date: 09/15/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-20 916 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected left knee chondromalacia patella with degenerative joint disease (left knee…

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…