Right arm and hand disability; left arm and hand disability; right shoulder disability; left shoulder disability; cervical spine disability; lumbar spine disability; [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18132351


Citation Nr: 18132351 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 17-12 030 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for right arm and hand disability is denied. Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for left arm and hand disability is denied. Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for right shoulder…

Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities prior to August 13, 2012, and from February 16, 2017 [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18124062


Citation Nr: 18124062 Decision Date: 08/06/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 11-18 921 DATE: August 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities prior to August 13, 2012, and from February 16, 2017, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran had active military service in…

Service connection for a bilateral foot disorder with ankle pain (previously claimed as right and left ankle condition) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18132352


Citation Nr: 18132352 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 16-04 668 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Service connection for a bilateral foot disorder with ankle pain (previously claimed as right and left ankle condition) is granted. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran entered service with a pre-existing bilateral pes planus. 2. Clear and…

Entitlement for Service connection for a back disability [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18124063


Citation Nr: 18124063 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 14-41 037 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER Service connection for a back disability is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Veteran’s January 1970 entrance examination with a May 1970 addendum found his back to be normal, although his assertions of ongoing back symptomatology were…

Acquired psychiatric disorder; hepatitis C, to include as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18124064


Citation Nr: 18124064 Decision Date: 08/07/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 06-06 699 DATE: August 7, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied. Entitlement to service connection for hepatitis C, to include as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Competent and persuasive medical…

New and material evidence not having been submitted, the Appellant’s request to reopen the issue of whether his character of discharge bars him from VA benefits [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18132354


Citation Nr: 18132354 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 11-31 917 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER New and material evidence not having been submitted, the Appellant’s request to reopen the issue of whether his character of discharge bars him from VA benefits is denied. FINDING OF FACT 1. In October 1985 and December…

Left foot disability; vision disorder; bilateral hearing loss; headaches; right foot disability; bilateral upper/lower extremity disability to include radiculopathy and neuropathy; respiratory disability; (PTSD) & OTHERS [DENIED]; left foot disability [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18132353


Citation Nr: 18132353 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 15-14 228 DATE: September 6, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an effective date earlier than January 15, 2013, for the grant of service connection for a left foot disability is denied. Entitlement to service connection for a vision disorder is denied. Entitlement to service connection…

Entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression [REMINDED] Citation Nr: 18132355


Citation Nr: 18132355 Decision Date: 09/06/18 Archive Date: 09/06/18 DOCKET NO. 15-36 616 DATE: September 6, 2018 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from June 1973 to February…

Payment of, or reimbursement for, medical expenses incurred at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center (HFRMC) on September 24, 2013 [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18124066


Citation Nr: 18124066 Decision Date: 08/03/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 14-40 575 DATE: August 3, 2018 ORDER Payment of, or reimbursement for, medical expenses incurred at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center (HFRMC) on September 24, 2013, is granted. FINDING OF FACT A prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that delay in seeking immediate…

Entitlement to an increased rating in excess of 10 percent prior to October 9, 2013 for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18124067


Citation Nr: 18124067 Decision Date: 08/07/18 Archive Date: 08/03/18 DOCKET NO. 10-36 475A DATE: August 7, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an increased rating in excess of 10 percent prior to October 9, 2013 for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is denied. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Prior to October 9, 2013, the Veteran’s service connected GERD was…