Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 7, 2014 [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749121


Citation Nr: 1749121 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 07-31 415 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in San Juan, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico THE ISSUE Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 7, 2014. ATTORNEY FOR…

An initial 50 percent rating for PTSD [GRANTED], thereafter [DENIED] and TDIU [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749122


Citation Nr: 1749122 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-37 726 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Muskogee, Oklahoma THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating higher than 30 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to March 21, 2011; higher than 50…

Service connection for thoracolumbar degenerative disease [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1749123


Citation Nr: 1749123 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-15 635 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Honolulu, Hawaii THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for a lower back disability. REPRESENTATION Appellant represented by: Hawaii Office of Veterans Services WITNESS AT HEARING…

Acute myositis of the lumbar spine, degenerative joint disease (DJD) at the L4-5 level, and (DDD) at the L5-S1 level, i.e., for a low back disability [DENIED] and TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749124


Citation Nr: 1749124 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 09-36 145 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Oakland, California THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to a rating higher than 40 percent for acute myositis of the lumbar spine, degenerative joint disease (DJD) at the L4-5…

Entitlement for the period prior to July 18, 2013, entitlement to an initial rating of 50 percent for PTSD [GRANTED], thereafter [DENIED], and entitlement to a TDIU [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749125


Citation Nr: 1749125 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 14-24 973 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Newark, New Jersey THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for the period prior to July…

Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity [GRANTED], and compensable rating for peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1749127


Citation Nr: 1749127 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 11-22 678 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Waco, Texas THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to an initial compensable rating for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity associated with diabetes mellitus type 2 prior to…

Entitlement to service connection for a low back disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 1749126


Citation Nr: 1749126 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 12-01 633 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke, Virginia THE ISSUE Entitlement to service connection for a low back disability. REPRESENTATION The Veteran represented by: Patricia E. Roberts, Esq. ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD Grace…

Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left second toe injury [DENIED], erectile dysfunction [DENIED] and left great toe disorder [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 1749128


Citation Nr: 1749128 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 13-01 563 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for residuals of a left second toe injury. 2. Entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction. 3.…

Degenerative joint disease, left hip [DENIED], and degenerative joint disease, right hip, Osgood-Schlatter’s disease and instability, right knee (right knee disability) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749129


  Citation Nr: 1749129 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 06-34 081 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Montgomery, Alabama THE ISSUES 1. Entitlement to service connection for degenerative joint disease, left hip (left hip disability), as secondary to the service-connected Osgood-Schlatter's disease and…

Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to July 19, 2013 [DENIED] Citation Nr: 1749130


Citation Nr: 1749130 Decision Date: 10/31/17 Archive Date: 11/06/17 DOCKET NO. 17-32 090 ) DATE ) ) On appeal from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina THE ISSUE Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to July 19, 2013. REPRESENTATION Appellant…