Left knee disability, to include osteoarthritis; right knee disability, to include osteoarthritis; hypertension [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18139644


Citation Nr: 18139644 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 16-27 509 DATE: September 28, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability, to include osteoarthritis, is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, to include osteoarthritis, is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for hypertension is remanded. INTRODUCTION…

Entitlement to individual unemployability [TDIU] [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18139647


Citation Nr: 18139647 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 11-15 322 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to individual unemployability is denied. FINDING OF FACT The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities do not preclude all forms of substantially gainful employment consistent with his educational background and occupational experience. CONCLUSION OF LAW The criteria for entitlement…

Right hip disorder, myofascial pain syndrome and trochanteric bursitis [GRANTED]; left hip osteoarthritis; left knee chondromalacia; radiculopathy and peripheral neuropathy [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18139648


Citation Nr: 18139648 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 15-10 690 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a right hip disorder, diagnosed as tendonitis, myofascial pain syndrome and trochanteric bursitis, is granted. REMANDED Entitlement to an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for left hip osteoarthritis with limited…

Entitlement to service connection for right wrist condition; right hand and thumb condition [WITHDRAWN]; bilateral hearing loss; hypertension; degenerative joint disease (DJD); right/left knee; [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18139649


Citation Nr: 18139649 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 15-02 128 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for right wrist condition is withdrawn. Entitlement to service connection for right hand and thumb condition is withdrawn. REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded. Entitlement to service connection…

The claim for a higher rating for left knee disability; the claim for a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18139650


Citation Nr: 18139650 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 12-17 857 DATE: September 28, 2018 REMANDED The claim for a higher rating for left knee disability is remanded. The claim for a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty in the U.S. Army…

Entitlement to an effective date prior to July 25, 2008, for the award of service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18139651


Citation Nr: 18139651 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 14-24 189A DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an effective date prior to July 25, 2008, for the award of service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is denied. FINDING OF FACT The Veteran is already in receipt of the earliest possible…

Right shoulder disability; right knee disability; left knee disability; non-service-connected pension benefits; [WITHDRAWN] [DISMISSED] low back disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18139652


Citation Nr: 18139652 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 14-31 774A DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder disability is dismissed as withdrawn. Entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability is dismissed as withdrawn. Entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability is dismissed…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss [GRANTED]; Entitlement to service connection for Tinnitus [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18139653


Citation Nr: 18139653 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 14-43 468 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Resolving reasonable doubt in his favor, the Veteran has bilateral hearing loss attributable to his…

Hip condition secondary to patellofemoral pain syndrome [DENIED], right knee [DENIED]; (PTSD) prior to April 13, 2016 [GRANTED]; posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) beginning April 13, 2016 [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18139654


Citation Nr: 18139654 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 16-16 084 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a hip condition secondary to patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee, is denied. Entitlement to a disability rating of 70 percent, but no higher, prior to April 13, 2016, for posttraumatic stress disorder…

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS); (COPD); gastrointestinal disability; migraine headaches; ganglion cyst of the right wrist; (DJD); [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18139655


Citation Nr: 18139655 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 15-16 523 DATE: September 28, 2018 REMANDED Whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), including as due to undiagnosed illness is remanded. Whether new and material evidence has been…