Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2008

The Board remands the matter to the RO for further development and adjudication, including obtaining SSA records.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a search for alternative service treatment records and an updated VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder, finding no evidence that it was related to his military service or any service-connected disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for low back strain, as there was no evidence to support a link between the current disability and his military service.

The veteran's lumbar spine disability did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to September 17, 2007, and a rating in excess of 20 percent effective September 17, 2007. The veteran was also denied a TDIU.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a cardiac disorder, bilateral knee disorder including arthritis, right shoulder disorder, and upper back disorder were denied as there was no competent evidence of record showing the veteran currently suffers from these conditions.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death.

The veteran withdrew the appeal before it was decided.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including right knee arthritis, left knee disorder, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, residuals of a head injury, hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a dental condition for compensation purposes.

The veteran's claim for service connection for low back disability was reopened and denied, while the claim for genitourinary disability (claimed as a neurogenic bladder) was not addressed in this decision.

The veteran's lumbar spine disability has been manifested by subjective complaints of constant pain, with radiation to the lower extremities, productive of no more than moderate limitation of motion, with no neurological deficit. The Board finds that a rating in excess of 20 percent is not warranted.

The veteran's low back pain and peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity do not meet the criteria for ratings higher than 20 percent and 10 percent, respectively.

The veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, a left knee disability, PTSD, a low back disability, a cardiovascular disability, a kidney disability, and erectile dysfunction were denied as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 and sciatica, finding no relationship to the veteran's active duty or his service-connected knee osteoarthritis.

The Board remands the case to the RO for further development, including a search of records from the McAlester, Oklahoma, Naval Ammunition Depot medical facility.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, finding that the condition was not incurred or aggravated during active military service and did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection.

The Board denied service connection for all conditions and a higher initial rating for the residuals of laceration of the right fourth finger.

The Board remands the case to provide the veteran with a video-conference hearing before a member of the Board at the RO.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a low back injury and a disability manifested by left foot numbness, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for the low back injury and there was no objective evidence of a current disability in the case of the left foot numbness.

The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen a claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, as new and material evidence was not received.