The petition to reopen the previously denied claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing; tinnitus; [GRANTED] [REOPENED] Citation Nr: 18132308


Citation Nr: 18132308 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-04 137 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER The petition to reopen the previously denied claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted. The petition to reopen the previously denied claim for entitlement for service connection for tinnitus is granted. Entitlement…

Bilateral hearing loss [GRANTED]; service connection for tinnitus [DENIED]; initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18124027


Citation Nr: 18124027 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 14-29 073A DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER An earlier effective date of September 25, 2008, for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted. Entitlement to an effective date earlier than May 14, 2007, for the grant of service connection for…

Psychiatric disorder; left/right shoulder disorder; neck disorder; low back disorder; bilateral hearing loss; tinnitus & OTHERS [DENIED]; heart disorder; cause of the Veteran’s death [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18124037


Citation Nr: 18124037 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 14-34 190A DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder is denied. Entitlement to service connection for a left shoulder disorder is denied. Entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder disorder is denied. Entitlement to service connection for…

Service connection for headaches [GRANTED]; erectile dysfunction; hypertension; carpal tunnel syndrome of the left wrist; DJD; osteoarthritis of the left knee; tinnitus [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18124055


Citation Nr: 18124055 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 17-66 686 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER The claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee is reopened. The claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the right knee is reopened. The claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease with disc…

Lumbar myositis and spasm; degenerative lumbar disc disease; L4-L5 disc herniation; bilateral hearing loss; tinnitus; hemochromatosis [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18124057


Citation Nr: 18124057 Decision Date: 08/07/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 16-62 864 DATE: August 7, 2018 ORDER The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for lumbar myositis and spasm, degenerative lumbar disc disease, L4-L5 disc herniation, claimed as a back disability is granted. The application to reopen the claim of…

Right knee arthritis [DISMISSED]; diabetes mellitus, type II; sleep apnea, including as secondary to diabetes mellitus [DENIED]; tinnitus [GRANTED]; bilateral hearing loss & OTHERS [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18124058


Citation Nr: 18124058 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 15-10 806 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER The appeal as to a claim for entitlement to service connection for right knee arthritis is dismissed. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, as due to exposure to herbicides, is denied. Entitlement to service…

Right central facial palsy, residual of cerebrovascular accident, currently noncompensable; aphasia; right lower extremity sciatic nerve disability [DENIED]; bilateral hearing loss; tinnitus [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18132350


Citation Nr: 18132350 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-02 384 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER An increased rating for right central facial palsy, residual of cerebrovascular accident, currently noncompensable, is denied. An increased rating for aphasia, residual of cerebrovascular accident, currently 10 percent, is denied. An increased rating for right lower extremity…

Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132358


Citation Nr: 18132358 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-06 296 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is granted. FINDING OF FACT The evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s currently diagnosed tinnitus is related to service. CONCLUSION OF LAW The criteria for establishing entitlement…

Coronary artery disease is [GRANTED]; right eye disability; retrobulbar eye pain and cataracts; residuals shell fragment wound (SFW); residual brain trauma with seizures & OTHERS [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18124073


Citation Nr: 18124073 Decision Date: 08/07/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 03-21 703A DATE: August 7, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for coronary artery disease is granted. REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for right eye disability, including retrobulbar eye pain and cataracts, to include as secondary to the service-connected residuals shell fragment wound (SFW)…

Bilateral flat foot; lumbar strain disability; bilateral hearing loss disability; vertigo; tinnitus; residuals of a cold injury; Raynaud’s syndrome; headaches; lumbar strain [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18132365


Citation Nr: 18132365 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 15-34 930 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER 1. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral flat foot, to include as secondary to a lumbar strain disability, is denied. 2. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability is denied. 3. Entitlement to service connection…