Entitlement to educational benefits, claimed as Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) or 38 U.S.C. Chapter 30 [DENIED]; Citation Nr: 18160472


Citation Nr: 18160472 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 15-34 132 DATE: December 26, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to educational benefits, claimed as Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) or 38 U.S.C. Chapter 30, is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran had 4 months and 12 days of active duty service beginning on May 11,…

Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160474


Citation Nr: 18160474 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 16-61 396 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities is granted. FINDING OF FACT The Veteran’s combined disability rating is 70 percent with one disability rated at least 40 percent, and…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160475


Citation Nr: 18160475 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 15-42 833 DATE: December 26, 2018 ORDER 1. A rating greater than 70 percent for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder is denied. 2. An effective date earlier than May 12, 2008, specifically, May 12, 2007, for the grant of a…

70% for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); 30% for coronary artery disease; 10% prior to August 22, 2013, and in excess of 20% from August 22, 2013, for diabetes mellitus, type II [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160476


Citation Nr: 18160476 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 13-26 644 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER A disability rating in excess of 70 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is denied. A disability rating in excess of 30 percent for coronary artery disease is denied. A disability rating in excess of 10 percent…

Entitlement to service connection for chalazion of the left eye, as secondary to service-connected sickle cell retinopathy [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160477


Citation Nr: 18160477 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 03-12 995 DATE: December 26, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for chalazion of the left eye, as secondary to service-connected sickle cell retinopathy, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from July 1979 to June 1997. This matter is…

Service connection for bilateral hearing loss [DENIED]; tinnitus [GRANTED]; enlarged prostate [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160478


Citation Nr: 18160478 Decision Date: 12/28/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 15-07 477 DATE: December 28, 2018 ORDER Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied. Service connection for tinnitus is granted. Service connection for enlarged prostate is denied. REMANDED Service connection for squamous cell suparglottic larynx carcinoma, metastatic to neck status-post radiation and chemotherapy…

Restoration of the 30 percent rating for service-connected rhinitis with polyps [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160479


Citation Nr: 18160479 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 15-11 441 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Restoration of the 30 percent rating for service-connected rhinitis with polyps is granted, effective May 1, 2015. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran was in receipt of a 30 percent rating for service-connected rhinitis with polyps from…

Entitlement to service connection for bladder cancer as due to herbicide exposure [GRANTED]; Citation Nr: 18160480


Citation Nr: 18160480 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 14-28 183 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for bladder cancer as due to herbicide exposure is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran is presumed to have been exposed to herbicide agents while serving in Vietnam. 2. The Veteran’s bladder…

Recognition of A D as a dependent “child” [GRANTED]; hypertension; right knee degenerative joint disease; status post total knee replacement [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160481


Citation Nr: 18160481 Decision Date: 12/28/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 11-24 348 DATE: December 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to recognition of A D as a dependent “child” on the basis of permanent incapacity for self support prior to age 18 is granted. REMANDED 1. Issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertension is remanded.…

Hypertension; diabetes; urinary disability; tinnitus; Reiter’s syndrome of the left ankle with Achilles tendonitis; degenerative arthritis [DISMISSED] Citation Nr: 18160482


Citation Nr: 18160482 Decision Date: 12/26/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 17-46 773 DATE: December 26, 2018 ORDER The appeal as to the claim of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral eye disability is dismissed due to the Veteran’s death. The…