Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus type II, low back disorder, and other musculoskeletal disorders, as well as a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss.

The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's current back condition disability is related to his active-duty service, including an in-service injury during boot camp or environmental exposure at Camp Lejeune.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine disability, lumbosacral strain disability, and left knee osteoarthritis disability based on new and relevant evidence received since previous denials.

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

The Board granted an annual clothing allowance for the 2020 calendar year, for an ankle brace but denied allowances for left and right knee braces, a back brace, and diclofenac gel.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of bronchial asthma and remanded the claim for a low back disability.

The appeal seeking a rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected lumbar spine stenosis was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the appeal is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for left and right wrist disabilities, a low back disability, and assigned a separate rating of 10 percent for limitation of motion of the right middle finger. The appeal was dismissed for duty to assist errors in other claims.

The Board granted service connection for a back disorder and denied an increased evaluation for hypertension. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for foot pain, a thoracolumbar spine disorder, and hernia.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for low back disability and arthritis due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, and radiculopathies, effective August 20, 2018, the day following separation from active-duty service.

The Board denied service connection for frontal sinusitis and remanded claims for left knee strain, right knee strain, back disability, and neck disability.

The Board denied service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and remanded the claims for left and right lower extremity shin splints.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD, and remanded claims for service connection for a low back condition, neck condition, TDIU, and SMC.

The Board granted service connection for latent tuberculosis and lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's in-service back pain and positive tuberculosis test results established a direct link to his current conditions.

The appeal for increased ratings for low back strain and total vaginal hysterectomy was dismissed due to the Veteran's attempt to file a notice of disagreement under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) for a rating decision issued under the Legacy system, which is not valid.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the service connection claims for prostate cancer, kidney cancer, cervical spine disability, thoracolumbar spine disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability.

The Board denied service connection for various claimed conditions, including cervical spine disorder, knee disorders, neuritis of the upper and lower extremities, lumbar spine disorder, and musculoskeletal arthritis, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 40 percent for the thoracolumbar spine disability from May 19, 2015 through April 25, 2022, but denied a higher rating thereafter. The evaluations for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy were also denied.