Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2024

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his inability to use both lower extremities without assistive devices and lack of blindness in both eyes.

The Board has granted service connection for residual pain from right hand injury, residual pain from fracture right little finger, disability manifested by low back pain, right foot metatarsalgia, DJD of the left knee, residuals of right knee replacement, and posttraumatic headaches.,Service connection is also granted for asthma.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back condition, finding that his current back condition is caused by his service-connected left knee condition. The decision resolves doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further action regarding his TDIU claim due to incomplete records from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection as it had its onset during his military service. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, headache disorder, eczema, chronic dermatitis, abdominal pain-related disorder, lumbar spine disorder, lumbar radiculopathy of the lower extremities, and bilateral pes planus was denied as there is no evidence to support these conditions during or after his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine disability is related to his active military service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors. Additional VA medical opinions are needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability and tinnitus, but denied his claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, finding that the evidence did not support a nexus to service and was more likely due to natural aging.

Service connection is granted for tinnitus, lower back disability, bilateral pes planus, and sleep apnea. The Veteran's claims are remanded for further examination to determine the nature of his foot conditions and sleep apnea.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a higher than 20 percent evaluation during any period on appeal.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities. The Veteran was not granted a compensable rating for her hypertension, and the issue of service connection for a low back condition is remanded.,Service connection for a low back condition is being remanded due to inadequate medical opinions provided in January 2019.

The Veteran's service connection claim for status post three disc replacement cervical spine was denied. Increased ratings were granted for intermittent radiculitis affecting the right and left L5-S1 nerve roots, but his lumbosacral strain with arthritis rating of 40 percent remains unchanged.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's skin disability and back disability, finding that these conditions arose from his active-duty service.

The Veteran's TBI appeal was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew her request for review.,Service connection is granted for cervical strain and spinal stenosis (neck condition), low back condition, tinnitus, and hemorrhoids secondary to service-connected IBS.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a VA examination and opinion regarding his lumbar spine disability, as the current medical evidence is insufficient to determine whether it is related to service or secondary to his service-connected scoliosis.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and evidence regarding the etiology of the claimed disabilities. The Veteran's reported stressors during service are also under review.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, a back condition, a left foot condition, and sleep apnea as there was no competent evidence of current diagnoses or symptoms that met the threshold requirement for service connection.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a lumbar spine disability due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of his condition.