Entitlement to service connection for coronary artery disease to include as due to herbicide exposure [GRANTED], and diabetes mellitus to include as due to herbicide exposure [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1744019


Citation Nr: 1744019 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-22 059A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Denver, Colorado THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for coronary artery disease to include as due to herbicide exposure. 2. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes…

Entitlement to service connection for carcinoma in situ with severe vocal cord dysplasia (throat cancer), resulting from in-service asbestos exposure [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744021


Citation Nr: 1744021 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 16-35 186 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for carcinoma in situ with severe vocal cord dysplasia (throat cancer), resulting from in-service asbestos exposure. REPRESENTATION Appellant…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1749041


Citation Nr: 1749041 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-14 937 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Des Moines, Iowa THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Disabled American Veterans WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL The Veteran…

Entitlement to a left ear hearing loss disability [GRANTED], entitlement to an increased evaluation of 70 percent for the service-connected PTSD [GRANTED], in excess of 70 percent [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1744022


Citation Nr: 1744022 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-11 846 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Nashville, Tennessee THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a left ear hearing loss disability. 2. Entitlement to an increased rating, in excess of 30 percent…

Left knee patellofemoral syndrome, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, migraine headaches, bilateral hip disability, lumbar spine disability, acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749042


Citation Nr: 1749042 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-37 753 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for post-operative residuals of a left knee patellofemoral syndrome. 2. Entitlement…

Service-connected left knee disability [DENIED], rating of 20 percent from August 12, 2009 to August 31, 2012 but no higher, for a right knee disability is granted [GRANTED] rating in excess of 20 [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749043


Citation Nr: 1749043 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-21 161A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Oakland, California THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability, to include as secondary to service-connected osteoarthritis of the right knee status-post injury…

Entitlement to service connection for a left eye disability, claimed as a vision problem [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749044


Citation Nr: 1749044 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 07-39 285 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Montgomery, Alabama THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for a left eye disability, claimed as a vision problem. REPRESENTATION Veteran represented by: The American Legion WITNESS AT…

Entitlement to an effective date prior to April 5, 2007, for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for schizophrenia, paranoid type [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1744025


Citation Nr: 1744025 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 14-01 038 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Los Angeles, California THE ISSUE Entitlement to an effective date prior to April 5, 2007, for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for schizophrenia, paranoid type.…

Entitlement to service connection for hearing loss, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and hypertension, to include as secondary to psychiatric disability Citation Nr: 1749045


Citation Nr: 1749045 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 15-18 010 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Montgomery, Alabama THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 3. Entitlement to service connection…

Entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for transient ischemic attack (TIA) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1744026


Citation Nr: 1744026 Decision Date: 09/27/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 17-25 802 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Muskogee, Oklahoma THE ISSUE Entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for transient ischemic attack (TIA). REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Oklahoma Department of Veterans…