Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [GRANTED]; Cervical spine disability [DENIED]; Individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1760250


Citation Nr: 1760250 Decision Date: 12/27/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 14-07 395 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Nashville, Tennessee THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 2. Entitlement to restoration of 20 percent…

Service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (MDD) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1760251


Citation Nr: 1760251 Decision Date: 12/27/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 14-10 854 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an effective date earlier than August 17, 2010, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with…

Flatfeet/hammertoes; Right foot hallux valgus; Left knee degenerative changes and degenerative joint disease [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1760252


Citation Nr: 1760252 Decision Date: 12/27/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 16-31 097 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Louisville, Kentucky THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for flatfeet/hammertoes. 2. Entitlement to a compensable initial rating for right foot hallux valgus. 3. Entitlement to a…

Disfiguring scar above the left eyebrow; Migraine headaches; Individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU); [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1760253


Citation Nr: 1760253 Decision Date: 12/27/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 13-19 772 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in New Orleans, Louisiana THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased disability rating for a disfiguring scar above the left eyebrow, currently evaluated at 10 percent. 2. Entitlement…

Heart disability to include anxiety disorder [REMANDED]; 70 percent for anxiety disorder [REMANDED]; Individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1760254


Citation Nr: 1760254 Decision Date: 12/27/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 14-03 721 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for a heart disability, to include as secondary to service-connected anxiety disorder. 2. Entitlement to an initial…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction; Right lower extremity neuropathy; Left lower extremity neuropathy; Hypertension [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1760255


Citation Nr: 1760255 Decision Date: 12/27/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 14-05 781 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Boston, Massachusetts THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an increased rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), rated 30 percent as of September 27, 2011, and 70 percent as…

Chronic left knee strain [DENIED]; hearing loss [DENIED]; hip disorder; vertigo & dizziness; right knee disorder; cervical spine disorder; extremity radiculopathy; TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1760256


Citation Nr: 1760256 Decision Date: 12/27/17 Archive Date: 01/02/18 DOCKET NO. 14-06 857 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for a chronic left knee strain since March 6, 2014. 2.…

Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, to include as secondary to service-connected otitis externa, and tinnitus, to include as secondary to service-connected otitis externa [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1806342


Citation Nr: 1806342 Decision Date: 01/10/18 Archive Date: 02/07/18 DOCKET NO. 13-30 792 ) 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, to include as secondary to service-connected otitis externa. 2. Entitlement to service connection for…

Entitlement to service connection for hepatitis C with peripheral neuropathy, [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1806343


Citation Nr: 1806343 Decision Date: 01/11/18 Archive Date: 02/07/18 DOCKET NO. 05-19 750 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for hepatitis C with peripheral neuropathy. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Joseph R. Moore, Attorney at law WITNESSES AT…

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), (claimed as a mild form of leukemia), to include as due to exposure to herbicides in service [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1806344


Citation Nr: 1806344 Decision Date: 01/11/18 Archive Date: 02/07/18 DOCKET NO. 09-38 340 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) (claimed as a mild form of leukemia), to include as due to exposure…