Entitlement to service connection for depression [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18132215


Citation Nr: 18132215 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-04 994 DATE: September 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for depression is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from October 1998 to October 2012. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from an…

An increased rating for diabetes mellitus type II (diabetes) currently rated as 20 percent disabling [DENIED]; diabetic nephropathy (nephropathy) to 80 percent, but no higher [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132216


Citation Nr: 18132216 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 15-38 945A DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER An increased rating for diabetes mellitus type II (diabetes) currently rated as 20 percent disabling is denied. An increased rating for diabetic nephropathy (nephropathy) to 80 percent, but no higher, is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The…

Entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18123930


Citation Nr: 18123930 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 14-36 276 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER New and material evidence having been submitted, the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veterans death, is reopened. To this extent and to this extent only, the appeal is granted. REMANDED Entitlement to service…

Hypertension; migraines; short term memory loss; actinic keratosis [DISMISSED]; bilateral hearing loss; (PTSD); suppurative hidradenitis [GRANTED]; OTHERS [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18123931


Citation Nr: 18123931 Decision Date: 08/06/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 09-22 343 DATE: August 6, 2018 ORDER The request to reopen a claim for hypertension, and the request to reopen is dismissed. Entitlement to service connection for migraines is dismissed. Entitlement to service connection for short term memory loss is dismissed. Entitlement to a…

Entitlement to service connection for low back disorder [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18132217


Citation Nr: 18132217 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 15-46 349 DATE: September 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for low back disorder is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND 1. Entitlement to service connection for a low back disorder is remanded. The Veteran asserts that he began having low back pain in service…

Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder, major depressive disorder, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, with alcohol use disorder [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18123932


Citation Nr: 18123932 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 15-34 633 DATE: August 3, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder, major depressive disorder, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, with alcohol use disorder, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from October…

The reduction in the rating for the Veteran’s asbestos related pleural plaques was not [PROPER]; A 60 percent rating for asbestos related pleural plaques [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132218


Citation Nr: 18132218 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 17-52 316 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER The reduction in the rating for the Veteran’s asbestos related pleural plaques was not proper. A 60 percent rating for asbestos related pleural plaques is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. A March 2017 rating decision reduced the…

Entitlement to a compensable disability rating for erectile dysfunction (ED) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18123933


Citation Nr: 18123933 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 15-28 754 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to a compensable disability rating for erectile dysfunction (ED) is denied. REMANDED Entitlement to an effective date earlier than July 28, 2009 for the grant of service connection for prostate cancer is remanded. Entitlement to a…

70 percent for the Veteran’s service connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132219


Citation Nr: 18132219 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 09-22 785 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) but no higher is granted. Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities…

Entitlement to service connection for urticaria is [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18123934


Citation Nr: 18123934 Decision Date: 08/07/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 15-27 038 DATE: August 7, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for urticaria is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty in the United States Army from September 1987 to December 1987 and the United States Coast Guard from July 1991…