Bilateral hearing loss [DENIED], Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus [GRANTED], and Entitlement to service connection for a back disability [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1743985


Citation Nr: 1743985 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-340 97 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Portland, Oregon THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus. 3. Entitlement to service connection for a…

Low back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743986


Citation Nr: 1743986 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-27 966 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Denver, Colorado THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating for a low back disability, currently rated as 20 percent disabling. 2. Entitlement to an increased rating…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, residuals of shrapnel wound to the right shoulder, residuals of shrapnel wound to the right buttock [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1743987


Citation Nr: 1743987 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-18 211 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus. 3. Entitlement to service connection for…

Bilateral pes planus with chronic plantar fasciitis/right plantar spur, status post right plantar fasciectomy/left plantar fascia release with scars [DENIED], and low back strain disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743988


Citation Nr: 1743988 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 12-31 413 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke, Virginia THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating for bilateral pes planus with chronic plantar fasciitis and right plantar spur, status post right plantar fasciectomy…

Entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease to include as due to herbicide exposure [GRANTED], type II diabetes mellitus [GRANTED], bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus Citation Nr: 1743989


Citation Nr: 1743989 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-21 423 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease, to include as due to herbicide exposure. 2. Entitlement to service connection for…

Entitlement for hearing loss [DENIED], right long finger with mild lateral flexion deformity disability [DENIED] disability manifested by coughing, to include bronchitis [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743990


Citation Nr: 1743990 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 13-23 003 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Phoenix, Arizona THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a compensable initial rating for hearing loss. 2. Entitlement to a compensable initial rating for a right long finger with…

Entitlement to service connection for a low back disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743991


Citation Nr: 1743991 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 14-32 880 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Chicago, Illinois THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for a low back disability. ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD Sara Schinnerer, Counsel INTRODUCTION The Veteran had active service in…

Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent disabling for bilateral hearing loss prior [DENIED], and entitlement to a TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1743992


Citation Nr: 1743992 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 15-12 049A ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 50 percent disabling for bilateral hearing loss prior to September…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss [GRANTED], and Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1743993


Citation Nr: 1743993 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 17-13 836 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Indianapolis, Indiana THE ISSUES 1. Whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for bilateral hearing loss. 2. Whether new…

Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU rating) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1743994


Citation Nr: 1743994 Decision Date: 09/18/17 Archive Date: 10/10/17 DOCKET NO. 16-28 844 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Louis, Missouri THE ISSUE Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU rating). REPRESENTATION Veteran represented by: Veterans of…