A total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132220


Citation Nr: 18132220 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-04 628 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER A total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) is granted. FINDING OF FACT The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with his educational and vocational…

70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety with social phobia; individual unemployability (TDIU) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18123935


Citation Nr: 18123935 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 12-18 262 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER A rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety with social phobia is denied. A total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability (TDIU), prior to February 26, 2010, is denied.…

Service connection for right knee arthritis; Service connection for left knee arthritis [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132221


Citation Nr: 18132221 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 15-44 421 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Service connection for right knee arthritis is granted. Service connection for left knee arthritis is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Right knee arthritis has been shown to have originated during active service. 2. Left knee arthritis has…

Service connection for a low back disorder, to include degenerative joint and disc disease [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18123936


Citation Nr: 18123936 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 15-12 077A DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER Service connection for a low back disorder, to include degenerative joint and disc disease, is granted. FINDING OF FACT The Veteran’s current low back disorders of degenerative joint and disc disease are of service origin. CONCLUSION OF…

Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability; Entitlement to a compensable rating for tension headaches [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18132222


Citation Nr: 18132222 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-01 835 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability is denied. Entitlement to a compensable rating for tension headaches is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a right knee…

Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected hypertension [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18123937


Citation Nr: 18123937 Decision Date: 08/06/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 14-25 246A DATE: August 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected hypertension is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from February 1978 to October 1987. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’…

Entitlement to service connection for Parkinson’s disease [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18132223


Citation Nr: 18132223 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 14-19 014 DATE: September 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for Parkinson's disease is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from March 1968 to December 1969 with additional service in the Naval Reserves. This matter comes before the Board…

Entitlement to Service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18123938


Citation Nr: 18123938 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 15-28 044 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER Service connection for TBI is denied. FINDING OF FACT The preponderance of evidence is against finding a diagnosis of TBI that resulted from an in-service injury. CONCLUSION OF LAW The criteria for service connection for TBI have…

Entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease due to herbicide agent exposure; diabetes mellitus due to herbicide agent exposure [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18132225


Citation Nr: 18132225 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-03 714 DATE: September 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease due to herbicide agent exposure is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus due to herbicide agent exposure is remanded. INTRODUCTION The Veteran served on active duty in…

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for left lumbar radiculopathy; 20 percent for right lumbar radiculopathy [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18132226


Citation Nr: 18132226 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-49 650 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for left lumbar radiculopathy is denied. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for right lumbar radiculopathy is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The…