Bilateral hearing loss; tinnitus; abnormal liver/kidney disease [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18139667


Citation Nr: 18139667 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 16-10 140 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is denied. Entitlement to service connection for an abnormal liver/kidney disease is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran does not…

The claim for service connection for depression and anxiety is dismissed as [MOOT] Citation Nr: 18139668


Citation Nr: 18139668 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 15-46 093 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER The claim for service connection for depression and anxiety is dismissed as moot. REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, to include as due to herbicide agent exposure, is remanded. Entitlement to service connection…

The petition to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for a left knee disorder [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18139669


Citation Nr: 18139669 Decision Date: 09/28/18 Archive Date: 09/28/18 DOCKET NO. 15-33 759 DATE: September 28, 2018 ORDER The petition to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for a left knee disorder is granted. REMANDED The newly reopened claim of entitlement to service connection for a left knee disorder is remanded. FINDINGS OF…

Hypertension; tinnitus; (PTSD); depressive disorder; diabetes mellitus, type II; right/left upper/lower extremity peripheral neuropathy; malaria; bilateral sensorineural; (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18131190


Citation Nr: 18131190 Decision Date: 08/31/18 Archive Date: 08/31/18 DOCKET NO. 14-03 788 DATE: August 31, 2018 REMANDED The appeal to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for hypertension is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is remanded. Entitlement to an…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss; Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus [GRANTED]; Citation Nr: 18131191


Citation Nr: 18131191 Decision Date: 08/31/18 Archive Date: 08/31/18 DOCKET NO. 16-03 147 DATE: August 31, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran’s current bilateral hearing…

Individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [GRANTED]; erectile dysfunction; scars, mid-thoracic area and L1 level; scars, neck region; headache disorder; [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18131192


Citation Nr: 18131192 Decision Date: 08/31/18 Archive Date: 08/31/18 DOCKET NO. 13-35 612 DATE: August 31, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is granted. REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, is remanded. Entitlement to an…

Service connection for hypertension [REMANDED]; Citation Nr: 18131193


Citation Nr: 18131193 Decision Date: 08/31/18 Archive Date: 08/31/18 DOCKET NO. 14-31 560 DATE: August 31, 2018 REMANDED Service connection for hypertension is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran had active duty from December 20, 1995 to December 19, 1999 (honorable) and from December 20, 1999 to May 3, 2000 (dishonorable for VA benefits purposes).…

Sleep disorder, to include sleep apnea; cold injury left/right hand [DENIED]; low back disability; tinnitus; stroke, brain aneurysm or hemorrhage; craniotomy; headaches; [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18131194


Citation Nr: 18131194 Decision Date: 08/31/18 Archive Date: 08/31/18 DOCKET NO. 15-30 739 DATE: August 31, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for a sleep disorder, to include sleep apnea is denied. Entitlement to service connection for cold injury residuals of the left hand is denied. Entitlement to service connection for cold injury residuals of…

Entitlement to service connection for lumbar spine degenerative joint disease [GRANTED]; Citation Nr: 18131195


Citation Nr: 18131195 Decision Date: 08/31/18 Archive Date: 08/31/18 DOCKET NO. 14-30 769 DATE: August 31, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for lumbar spine degenerative joint disease is granted. FINDING OF FACT Back pain symptoms were chronic in service and continuous after service separation. CONCLUSION OF LAW Resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran’s favor,…

Eye disability, claimed as glaucoma; herbicide exposure; diabetes mellitus, type II (diabetes); post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); individual unemployability (TDIU); [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18131196


Citation Nr: 18131196 Decision Date: 08/31/18 Archive Date: 08/31/18 DOCKET NO. 07-35 158 DATE: August 31, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for an eye disability, claimed as glaucoma, to include as due to herbicide exposure, and to include as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II (diabetes) is remanded. Entitlement to an initial rating…