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…

Entitlement to service connection for a right wrist disorder [REMINDED] Citation Nr: 18124071


Citation Nr: 18124071 Decision Date: 08/06/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 13-09 673 DATE: August 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a right wrist disorder is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran had active duty service in the United States Air Force from July 1967 to January 1971. This matter comes before the…

Entitlement to service connection for numbness of the right upper extremity [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18132359


Citation Nr: 18132359 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-05 372 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for numbness of the right upper extremity is denied. FINDING OF FACT The record does not contain a current diagnosis for the Veteran’s complaints of numbness in the right upper extremity. CONCLUSION OF…

Spurring of the left tibial apophysis [GRANTED]; left foot plantar fasciitis [DENIED]; cervical strain with spondylosis & stenosis; left upper extremity radiculopathy Etc. [REMINDED] Citation Nr: 18124072


Citation Nr: 18124072 Decision Date: 08/06/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 13-09 057A DATE: August 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an initial 10 percent rating for spurring of the left tibial apophysis (also claimed as left knee pain) is granted, subject to controlling regulations governing the payment of monetary benefits. Entitlement to a separate rating…

Traumatic brain injury (TBI); brain aneurysm; psychiatric disorder; to include (PTSD); clear and unmistakable error (CUE) for cervical spine disability [DENIED]; TDIU & OTHERS [REMINDED] Citation Nr: 18132360


Citation Nr: 18132360 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 13-30 999 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) is denied. Entitlement to service connection for brain aneurysm is denied. Entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is denied. The…

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)…

Initial disability rating for bilateral hearing loss, from December 18, 1989, and a rating in excess of 20 percent from December 16, 2014, on an extraschedular basis [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18132362


Citation Nr: 18132362 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 11-08 906A DATE: September 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to a compensable, initial disability rating for bilateral hearing loss, from December 18, 1989, and a rating in excess of 20 percent from December 16, 2014, on an extraschedular basis. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served…

Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132363


Citation Nr: 18132363 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-04 767 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is granted. FINDING OF FACT The Veteran is diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety disorder, and PTSD,…

Entitlement to service connection for prostate cancer, to include as due to herbicide exposure [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18132364


Citation Nr: 18132364 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-32 461 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for prostate cancer, to include as due to herbicide exposure, is denied. FINDING OF FACT The preponderance of the evidence of record shows that the Veteran did not step foot in the Republic…

Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right knee [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18124074


Citation Nr: 18124074 Decision Date: 08/06/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 13-24 832 DATE: August 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right knee is remanded. Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right…