Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2025

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for multiple disabilities due to a failure to report for scheduled examinations.

The Board remands the claims for a back disability and headaches to obtain additional VA examinations that address the functional loss due to flare-ups, prostrating attacks, and other symptoms as required by law.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right knee and lumbar spine disabilities but granted a 30% rating for essential tremors in the right upper extremity. The claims for service connection for headaches, a right shoulder disorder, and bilateral hearing loss were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, variously diagnosed as degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease, and spinal stenosis, finding that the Veteran's back disability was aggravated by his active service.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, finding that the appellant's current condition is related to his military service.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder, left shoulder, back, and neck disabilities, as well as obstructive sleep apnea secondary to service-connected conditions. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The claims for initial evaluations of various disabilities are remanded due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral leg disorders, back disorder, and bilateral ankle disorders to obtain further VA medical opinions addressing all theories of entitlement and evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for OSA, DM, and bilateral eye diabetic retinopathy. The Veteran was also granted increased ratings for lumbar spine spondylosis and degenerative disc disease, as well as separate ratings for lower extremity radiculopathies.

The Board granted an increased rating of 40 percent for the Veteran's back disability for the entire period on appeal prior to February 24, 2021.

The Board granted increased ratings for lumbar degenerative disc disease, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right knee instability, while denying increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and increased ratings for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities due to further development needed.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for various service-connected disabilities and a TDIU claim due to the need for additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for symphysis pubis arthrosis with arthritis of the right hip and degenerative arthritis of thoracic or lumbar intervertebral disc to obtain a VA medical opinion.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed all claims for service connection and initial rating.

The Board granted service connection for a headache condition, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (claimed as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), and a lower back condition.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 29, 2020, for the grant of service connection for a lumbar spine disability and bilateral hip disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine condition, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy of the femoral nerve, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, cervical spine condition, chronic fatigue syndrome, and hypertension.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a low back disability to obtain a new medical opinion that adequately addresses the Veteran's reports of experiencing back pain since service.

The appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, including left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, lumbar spine, cervical, right shoulder, and tinnitus was dismissed by the Veteran.