Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for right lower extremity sciatica is dismissed, and the effective dates for the grants of service connection for various disabilities are denied.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability, left leg radiculopathy, and sinus disability. An initial 30 percent rating was granted for left hip flexion, while the other left hip ratings were denied.

The Board granted service connection for calcific tendonitis of the left elbow, finding it had its onset during active service. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for chronic ulcer, lumbar spine, and right knee disorders based on new and relevant evidence. The claim for a right knee disorder was denied.

The Board granted service connection for thoracolumbar arthritis with spinal stenosis based on the Veteran's competent and credible reports of continuity of symptoms since service.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left ankle strain and remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain with mild levoscoliosis.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and depressive disorder, assigned a 70 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and denied increased ratings for left and right varicocele. The remaining claims were remanded.

The Board granted the restoration of a 10 percent rating for radiculopathy, right lower extremity (sciatic nerve) associated with lumbar strain DDD and remanded several other claims.

The Board remands the claim for a low back disability to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed and that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.

The Board remands the claim for a low back disability to correct duty-to-assist errors that occurred prior to the August 2022 rating decision.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for right knee tendinopathy as it was fully granted by a prior rating decision. The claims for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and lumbar spine disorder, as well as eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35, were denied.

The appeal regarding service connection for left and right lower extremity sciatica was dismissed as untimely, while other conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain, service connection for right leg radiculopathy, an initial compensable rating for migraines, and service connection for a left shoulder disability due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, left knee strain, and right knee strain based on evidence showing that these conditions had onset during active service.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the lumbar spine condition, but denied service connection for hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for a left knee, right knee, lumbar spine, and right thumb disability.

The Board denied service connection for cervical degenerative disc disease and remanded claims for left sciatica radiculopathy, lumbar degenerative disc disease, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis, cervical strain, lumbosacral strain, right knee strain, and migraines as secondary to the service-connected cervical strain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a neck disability, back disability, left and right shoulder disabilities, and right knee disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a back condition, to include intervertebral disc syndrome and disc protrusion, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy based on their relation to active service.