Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2024

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, is granted as service-connected. The claims for unspecified depressive disorder, PTSD, lumbosacral strain, sciatica (secondary to lumbosacral strain), and hiatal hernia are remanded.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for lumbosacral strain was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder, finding that it did not meet the criteria for service connection due to lack of in-service incurrence or aggravation and no causal relationship between the current disability and service.

The Veteran's lumbosacral strain and degenerative arthritis/degenerative disc disease did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as his range of motion was within the limits specified for a 10% rating.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and sleep disturbances, as well as a back disability secondary to his inguinal hernia, have been denied. The Board found no current evidence of these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's lumbar and left knee disabilities, finding that they are at least as likely as not related to his active service.

The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations and service connection have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of all pending appeals.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and a kidney disorder. The claims are being remanded for further examination.

Your appeals for service connection of a low back disability and tinnitus have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The appeal is not about service connection, so no rating or effective date was assigned.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain with right sciatica to correct a duty to assist error.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine disability was granted, effective January 28, 2015. The Board found that relevant service treatment records were added to the file after the February 2015 rating decision and used in the February 2020 rating decision.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current right wrist disability and is therefore denied service connection for residuals of a right wrist injury. The back disability claim is remanded due to inadequate opinion in the August 2019 VA examination.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his chronic sinusitis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine. The case is being remanded to provide the Veteran with a new VA examination to assess the severity of his low back disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral foot disability, lumbar spine disability, right ear otalgia, and migraines. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment from September 2007 to September 30, 2015.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for lumbar spine back condition due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for recurrent moderate major depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected plantar fasciitis, pseudofolliculitis barbae residual anterior neck scars, and right eye corneal scars.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disability and right lower extremity nerve disability are related to service, but additional evidence is needed for a complete determination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression), PTSD, a back condition, high blood pressure, a hip condition, a left knee condition, skin cancer of the right arm, and sciatica are remanded due to failure to conduct VA examinations as scheduled.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a lumbar spine disability and an increased rating for cervical strain due to inadequate examination reports. The Veteran is required to undergo new VA examinations to address his lumbar spine and cervical spine disabilities, with specific attention to pain during range of motion testing.