Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2024

The Board dismissed the appeals of the Veteran's claims for service connection for right ankle, right knee, left knee, and low back disabilities due to the appellant's withdrawal of his appeal.

The Veteran's lumbar spine arthritis, left leg radiculopathy, and right leg radiculopathy have been granted service connection. The genitourinary disability (voiding dysfunction) has also been granted service connection.,Service connection for these conditions is based on direct evidence of their onset during active duty.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is rated at 40 percent effective October 3, 2020.

The Veteran's petition to readjudicate his claims for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a lumbosacral strain is granted due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The claims are remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right knee, left knee, lower back, and right hip conditions due to a lack of VA examinations.

The Veteran's cervical strain is related to his active service and the claim for this condition has been granted. The claims for hypertension, TBI, back disability, migraine headaches, right knee disability, and left knee disability are remanded due to errors in the duty to assist.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee replacements, as well as degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, were denied. The evidence did not support a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, but the other issues related to PTSD and psychiatric disorders, low back disability, left knee disability, and bilateral hearing loss are remanded due to incomplete or inadequate evidence.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disability, right knee disability as secondary to a left knee disability, and low back disability due to lack of evidence showing these conditions are related to service or manifest within one year of service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spondylosis is related to his active-duty service and grants entitlement to service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his back condition, finding that the evidence did not support a link between his current disability and his active service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, so the Board dismissed all issues on appeal.

The appeal of the issue of entitlement to service connection for psychiatric disability is dismissed. The issue of entitlement to service connection for thoracolumbar spine disorder is remanded.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted from March 1, 2017, due to his service-connected Depressive Disorder and associated disabilities preventing him from securing or maintaining gainful employment.

The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine is related to her military service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal before the Board could make a decision on the claims.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's cervical and thoracolumbar spine disabilities are etiologically related to service, granting her claims for these conditions.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for lumbar strain and cervical strain status post cervical fusion, as well as his claims of service connection for left knee strain, ganglion cyst excision without residuals, and residuals, right bicep muscle injury have been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and OSA have been granted on a limited basis due to the submission of new evidence.

The Veteran's right knee instability is rated at 30 percent, the maximum schedular rating.,The Veteran's lumbar spine disability and right knee osteoarthritis are both rated at 40 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.