List of Dr. Bash’s Cases from Bureau of Veterans Appeals
Dr. Bash has done over a thousand case evaluations at the VA Hospital/regional office/BVA and court levels. The below list is a very small sample list of the web available BVA cases--a complete list of BVA cases can be found at www.va.gov search Dr. Bash, Craig N. Bash M.D., Dr. Craig Bash , Craig bash, C.N.B., CNB, and/or Bash.
These are just a few of the cases that Dr. Bash has successfully worked. More will be added at a later time for the convenience of veterans. They are broken down by the type claim. These links go to the actual court of Veterans Administration site so you must use your back button to come back to this page.
- C-spine injury granted 30 yrs later.
- Lumbar spine injury granted 56 years later
- C-spine injury granted 38 years later
- Hearing loss 2007
- BVA Head injury/seizures and TDIU
- Lyme Disease 2007
- Cardiac cause of death 2007
- TDIU 2007
- Hepatitis C granted 2007
- Granted post-op pain syndrome 2007
- 2008 Granted thoracic and lumbar spine 18 years later
- 2008 Spine win 14 years later
- 2008 paratracheal mass
- 2008 Gunshot to foot
- Sleep apnea and asthma and Bechet's disease 2009
- 2009 Back secondary to foot injury.
- 2009 Seizure Disorder
- 2009 BVA Expert Witness Testimony of Brachial Plexus Injury
- 2009 MS based on MRI of the brain
- 2009 Orchiectomy and Lymph Nodes
- 2009 L5-S1 disc HNP with radiculopathy
- 2009 Expert Witness L5-S1
- 2009 Malaria, Hepatitis, Cardiomyopathy, Peripheral Vascular Disease
- 2009 Hypertension, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH), Diastolic Dysfunction, Mitral Valve Regurgitation
- 9 Aug 2007 Court of Veterans Appeals (COVA) reversed BVA decision on oral cancer and herbicide exposures in Viet Nam
- 26 Feb 2010 COVA sets aside BVA lumbar spine decision
- 2009 Hypertension (HTN) valve prolapse and Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)
- 20 Dec 2006 COVA vacates BVA lumbar spine injury decision
- 2009 Orchiectomy and abdominal adhesion
- 2009 Restoration of 20% and 30% codes for spine/leg disease reduced by VA
- 2009 Seizure secondary to head injury (TBI)
- 2009 Multiple Sclerosis based on unilateral hearing loss and positive brain MRI
- 2009 COVA set aside BVA decision on cause if death disability benefits claim
- 2008 COVA reversed BVA decision on ORAL/Tongue cancer VA disability benefit claim and Agent Orange
- 2008 COVA vacated BVA decision on liver disease and mononucleosis VA disability benefit claim
- 2008 COVA vacated BVA decision on lumbar spine VA disability benefit claim
- 2004 COVA vacated BVA decision and thus affirmed that Dr. Bash's opinions were credible and competent concerning auto accident injuries and VA disability benefit claim
- 2007 COVA vacated BVA decision on muscle injury VA disability benefit claim
- 2007 COVA vacated BVA decision on spine reopened VA disability benefit claim
- 2005 COVA vacated BVA decision on multiple sclerosis VA disability benefit claim
- Entitlement to service connection for degenerative arthritis of the shoulders.
- Entitlement to service connection for a low back disorder.
- Entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. (cardiac arrest, due to myocardial infarction, due to morbid obesity).
- Entitlement to service connection for multiple sclerosis.
- Whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for multiple sclerosis.
- Whether new evidence is material to reopen a claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and, if so, whether the reopened claim should be granted.
- Entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death (malignant melanoma with metastases).
- Entitlement to service connection for osteomyelitis of the right lower extremity.
- Whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus.
- Entitlement to service connection for bilateral ankle disability.
- Entitlement to service connection for peripheral neuropathy as secondary to service-connected acute myelogenous leukemia.
- Entitlement to service connection for burns to the right leg with subsequent below the knee amputation due to peripheral neuropathy.
- Entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. (pseudomonas septicemia, due to or as a consequence of infra-abdominal sepsis, adult respiratory distress syndrome and respiratory failure).
- Entitlement to service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Entitlement to service connection for a back disorder (Exceptional Read).
- Entitlement to compensation for additional disability resultant from VA hospitalization and treatment.
- Entitlement to service connection for hypertension with history of myocardial infarction secondary to service-connected renal colic.
- Entitlement to an increased evaluation for residuals of removal of the left navicular bone, including metal replacement, currently evaluated as 20 percent disabling.
- Entitlement to service connection for a hiatal hernia.
- Whether new and
material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service
connection for a right leg and ankle disability.
- Entitlement to service
connection for the cause of the veteran's death. (Coumadin treatment by VA
contributed to cause of death.)
- Entitlement to
service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. (respiratory failure
due to or as a consequence of aspiration pneumonia due to or as a consequence
of esophageal cancer caused by chronic reflux which began during service and
to aggravation of the reflux by medication taken to treat his
service-connected disabilities.) (Exceptional read.)
- Entitlement to service
connection for a low back disability, including secondary to an already
service-connected left knee disability.
- Entitlement to
service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as due to Agent
Orange exposure.
- Whether new and
material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to
service connection for a back disorder, diagnosed as advanced degenerative
arthritis of the lumbar spine.
- Entitlement to an
initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for low back strain.
- Entitlement to
service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Whether new and
material evidence has been submitted to reopen the appellant's claim for
entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Entitlement to
service connection for a low back disability, including secondary to an
already service-connected left knee disability.
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