Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2024

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for cervical spine, low back, left knee, sinusitis, and insomnia disabilities due to new and relevant evidence. The appeals are remanded for further adjudication.

The Board has denied service connection for various conditions including bilateral vision loss, hearing loss, psychiatric disorders, tinnitus, right neck lesion, shoulder disabilities, carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist pain, lumbar spine disability, colon disability with associated abdominal scar, and foot disabilities. The reasons given include lack of evidence showing the conditions were present during or within one year after service, no credible link to service, and failure to show continuity of symptoms.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected arthritis of the lumbosacral spine and resulting obesity.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and an opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current right ankle LCL sprain, cervical strain, and low back disability. The claims are currently pending.

The Board has denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected back disability and has remanded to determine appropriate ratings for lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Veteran's gastrointestinal condition is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or link to service.,The Veteran's lumbar spine condition is denied due to lack of in-service diagnosis and insufficient post-service medical evidence linking the condition to service.,Service connection for dry eye syndrome of bilateral lacrimal glands is granted based on a nexus to an injury during service.

The Veteran's PTSD with other specified depressive disorder was granted a 70 percent rating effective November 22, 2021.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee condition, left knee condition, and lumbar spine condition as there is no evidence of in-service injury or disease that resulted in current disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy of the left lower extremity were denied.,An effective date earlier than January 22, 2018, was not granted for any of the service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbosacral strain, finding that his current condition is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury during active duty.

Your appeals for service connection for a left knee disability and an increased rating for your back disability have been dismissed because the methods you used to appeal were not valid.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a back condition as there was no evidence of an in-service event or injury, and the Veteran did not have a current diagnosed back condition.

The Board has dismissed the claims of service connection for left shoulder degenerative joint disease, left knee degenerative arthritis, and thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has dismissed the claims of service connection for left shoulder degenerative joint disease, left knee degenerative arthritis, and thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis due to the Veteran's death.

The Board has granted the petition to readjudicate the claim for service connection for a low back condition based on new and relevant evidence. However, the case is remanded due to insufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran's low back condition is related to his service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate VA medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's lumbar spine disability and his service. The claim will be reviewed again with a new examination.

The Veteran's back conditions are being remanded for additional development to address the severity and nature of his service-connected lumbar spine degenerative changes, L5-S1 disc bulge, foraminal stenosis, and L5-S1 lateral recess and foraminal effacement.

Your appeal concerning your knee, foot, and spine conditions has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The case will not be considered further until a request for substitution is made by an eligible person.

Your appeal for service connection for lumbosacral strain, claimed as low back pain, has been dismissed because your Notice of Disagreement was not filed in a timely manner.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination. The Veteran's claims of service connection for asbestosis, lumbosacral strain, left knee strain, and right knee strain are pending.