Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability due to an inadequate VA opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his low back strain based on the evidence showing that the disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to an in-service motor vehicle accident.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and higher ratings for PTSD, migraines, and costochondritis. A 20 percent rating was granted for lumbosacral strain.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a low back disability, and a sleep disturbance disability as there was no evidence of current disabilities resulting from the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and restored the 20% rating for a lumbar spine disability. The claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for lumbosacral strain to schedule a VA examination.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a back condition, left knee condition, and vitiligo due to untimely VA Form 10182 submissions without good cause.

The Board granted a 20 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain effective June 4, 2024, and denied an evaluation greater than 30 percent for PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, a lower back disability, and peripheral nerve or vascular disabilities of the bilateral lower extremities due to insufficient evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for knee strain, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and related conditions, and lumbar spine pain and its radiculopathy due to duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a right ankle disability, finding that the evidence was in at least approximate equipoise regarding its etiology. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, but denied service connection for PTSD with depressive features and residuals of a gunshot wound to the right thigh.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy from April 13, 2022, and a 30 percent rating for right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy. It also granted an effective date of April 13, 2022, for the award of Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability, right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and entitlement to TDIU due to further development of evidence.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a lower back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and right ankle post-traumatic arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, but denied service connection for a left ankle disability. The right shoulder and right eye disabilities were remanded for further examination.

The Board granted a temporary total disability rating (TTDR) for convalescence following the Veteran's March 2022 back surgeries through September 30, 2022.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and other benefits, finding that his conditions did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism and denied service connection for lower back degenerative disc disease, left hip condition, and right hip condition.