Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee injury and pain, left knee injury and pain, low back injury and pain, and left ankle injury and pain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for loss of teeth, migraines, pituitary tumors, Vitamin D deficiency, degenerative disc disease, and an intestinal disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, a low back disability, a right wrist carpal tunnel disability, a left knee disability, a left shoulder disability, tinnitus, and allergies.

The Board remands the case for further development and readjudication of the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for his lumbar spine condition.

The Board granted service connection for multilevel degenerative disc disease status post laminectomy of the lumbar spine and a right hip condition, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, left trochanteric bursitis, and right trochanteric pain syndrome as secondary to a service-connected disability. The Board also granted service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and a left hip disorder as secondary to a service-connected disability but remanded the claim for a right hip disorder.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral calcaneal heel spurs, but remanded the claims for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss and cervical strain.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease other than IVDS and status post ACDF (claimed as cervical injury with surgery) due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his active military service.

The Veteran's back disability alone prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment for the period on appeal prior to May 4, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and remanded claims for headaches, heart disease, hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a left leg condition, a lumbar spine issue, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, lumbosacral strain, left knee strain with osteoarthritis, and right knee condition.

The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's post-traumatic residual coccyx pain and lumbar spine pain condition, but granted higher initial ratings for right and left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy. The appeal for service connection for bilateral cavus foot, plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia, and generalized anxiety disorder was dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for an other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, but denied service connection for several other conditions including PTSD, bilateral plantar fasciitis, right leg shin splints, left leg shin splints, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, sleep apnea, insomnia, a right elbow strain, and a lumbar strain.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as the evidence submitted was not new and relevant.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including iron deficiency anemia, acute pharyngitis, adenovirus infection, chlamydia, female sexual arousal disorder (secondary to chlamydia), low back pain, left knee pain, right knee pain, right wrist pain, dermatitis/eczema, acne, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the claims for a lumbar spine and allergic rhinitis evaluation to ensure that there is a complete record upon which to decide the claim.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia and denied initial ratings in excess of 20 percent for Type II diabetes mellitus, 10 percent for right lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and 10 percent for left lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The lumbosacral strain claim was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine disability, left foot disability to include stress fracture left great toe, sesamoiditis, and right knee degenerative arthritis. The claims for left knee, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no current disability or sufficient evidence to support higher ratings.