Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2009

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and special monthly compensation.

The Board remands the claim for verification of ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA from October 2-3, 1993, and further development if necessary.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD; a low back disorder; and headaches, sleepiness, poor memory and concentration, and sexual dysfunction are being remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA orthopedic examination to consider newly acquired evidence.

The Board denied service connection for a low back condition, finding no evidence of chronic disability in service or within one year after separation and no competent medical evidence linking the current condition to service.

The case is remanded for additional development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development of the record and to ensure due process.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a back disorder, as there was no evidence that a back disorder or arthritis manifested in service or within one year of discharge and none showing it to be causally related to military service.

The case is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination and review of the veteran's medical records.

The Board denied service connection for a right hip disorder, left hip disorder and lumbar spine disorder as secondary to the service-connected left femur disability. The veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left femur were not found to be manifested by malunion with slight knee or hip disability.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disability as the competent and probative medical evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's current condition was due to any incident or event in active military service.

The veteran's current low back disorder is related to an injury during ACDUTRA.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability, but ultimately denied the claim as there was no evidence of an etiological relationship between the veteran's current back disability and his period of active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a right hand injury including a scar, a back disorder, and a foot and ankle disorder as the conditions were not shown to be causally related to the veteran's service.

The veteran's increased disability associated with his back and bilateral leg disorders was not a result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or a similar instance of fault on the part of VA treatment providers who performed a surgical procedure on the veteran's back in September 2004.

The veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine is not manifested by symptoms that would warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by joint pain and a lumbar spine disability, finding that these conditions were not related to the veteran's active military service.

The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against finding a relationship between the veteran's period of military service and any current low back disability.

The Board remanded the case for an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the veteran's low back disability.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence and readjudication.