Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2008

The appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current low back disorder.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the veteran's service-connected cervical and lumbar spine disabilities.

The veteran is entitled to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to his service-connected degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, and the claim for service connection for a neck condition was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen a claim for service connection for a back disorder, as new and material evidence was not provided.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and increased ratings for chronic traumatic fasciitis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, as well as status-post ACL repair, left knee.

The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disability with radiculopathy to the right arm and a low back disability with right leg numbness, as there was no evidence of a current disability or a nexus between the claimed disabilities and the veteran's military service.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for an upper and lower back disability as it was not attributable to service.

The claim was remanded for additional evidence and a more comprehensive medical opinion regarding the etiology of the veteran's low back disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, finding that his lumbar strain with lumbar spondylosis and degenerative arthritis of both knees did not warrant higher disability evaluations.

The Board denied ratings in excess of 20 percent prior to January 12, 2007 and in excess of 30 percent from that date for the veteran's cervical spine disability, as well as a rating in excess of 40 percent for low back disability. The claim for service connection for a right hip disorder was not addressed on the merits.

The appeal was remanded for the veteran to be scheduled for a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disability as there was no evidence to support that the veteran's current condition was causally related to his active service or any incident therein.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied as the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or additional service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, acid reflux, and duodenal ulcer. The veteran's residuals of a ventral hernia were found to be asymptomatic.

The veteran's left and right knee disabilities do not meet the criteria for higher ratings, and service connection for low back pain was denied.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, variously classified, was reopened and granted based on new evidence showing the condition during service. The claims for a low back disability, knee disability, and sleep apnea are being remanded.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling VA examinations.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of increased ratings for hypertension, lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease, and arthritis in both knees.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including Hepatitis C, chronic bronchitis, a nasal fracture, headaches, a lower back condition, ulcers, dizziness, and sleep disturbances.

The Board denied the veteran's attempt to reopen a claim for service connection for a low back disorder, as new and material evidence was not provided.