Back / lumbar spine decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left shoulder, right shoulder, and thoracolumbar spine disorders to obtain an adequate medical opinion that addresses the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset of symptoms and continuity of symptomatology.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying the regulatory duty to provide the Veteran with notice of her right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board granted service connection for left and right elbow disabilities manifested by numbness, but denied service connection for a low back disability and other claimed conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and special monthly compensation, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability and knee disability to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to an RO hearing.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder, lumbosacral spine, right hip, and cervical spine degenerative arthritis based on new evidence. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, left wrist, and left forearm were remanded for further consideration.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbosacral strain and an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as anxiety and depression, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus and lumbar IVDS, but granted a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU). The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for headaches.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a back disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining additional medical evidence and an updated VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for cold injuries and lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The current appeal for increased ratings and TDIU is dismissed as the matters are pending readjudication by the AOJ.

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and radiculopathy of the left lower extremity based on evidence that these conditions are related to the Veteran's period of active duty from June 1978 to June 1982.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disorder, namely intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative disc disease (herniated disc), status laminectomy with pain, based on the evidence showing an etiological relationship to active duty training.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of June 5, 1984 for service connection for IBS and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 40 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability and remanded claims for PTSD, jock itch, pseudo folliculitis, bilateral rhonchi, OSA, and left lower extremity condition.

The appeal is granted for readjudication of the claim for service connection for a low back disability due to new and relevant evidence being received.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease to address deficiencies in the January 2023 VA examination and obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease of the back to correct an error in failing to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus and right ankle strain with residual osteoarthritis, but remanded claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, lumbosacral strain, and associated radiculopathies due to missing private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, left and right knee disabilities, and right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve disabilities. However, the Veteran's lumbosacral strain was granted service connection.