Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and bilateral pinguecula are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examination.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including his right knee, left knee, low back, right wrist, finger, and TMJ disorders. The claims are being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection of a left knee disorder was granted. Service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus were denied, while the claims for asthma, seizure disorder, low back disorder, right knee disorder, and left shoulder disorder/right shoulder disorder are remanded.

The Veteran's lumbar spondylosis is caused by her service-connected right hip condition, left knee condition, and right knee condition. Service connection for chronic sinusitis is remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected back disability, combined with other disabilities, has rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment since June 2, 2009. The Board granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to inadequate development in the prior examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for low back and left knee disabilities due to inadequate opinions in previous VA examinations. The Veteran's lay statements regarding his symptoms will be considered, along with medical records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to his assertions of exposure to environmental toxins and injuries during military service. The cases are now pending before a VA examiner for further evaluation.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his lumbar spine disability was denied. Prior to February 5, 2024, the disability was rated at 20 percent; since then, it has been rated at 40 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU prior to October 10, 2018, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examinations and a need for further development, including obtaining an adequate VA examination.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, missing teeth, and back condition due to incomplete records and need for additional medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for back, left knee, and right knee conditions due to non-compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims for service connection for a right testicular disability, tinnitus, and dental trauma to include TMJ. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, low back disability, dyspepsia, eye disorder, headaches, left wrist condition, neck condition, right shoulder condition, and traumatic brain injury are remanded due to outstanding VA treatment records.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to outstanding VA treatment records and a need for further examination regarding the acquired psychiatric disorder. The appellant's hearing loss claim is also remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was incurred in or caused by military service due to an in-service personal assault. The Board granted the claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for obtaining private treatment records and a retrospective medical opinion report regarding the severity of lumbar strain at the time of the March 2018 and August 2019 VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's service dates and treatment records. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a lumbar spine disability, but the VA examiner found it less likely than not related to his service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of his lumbar strain, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, when taken together, prevent him from securing or following a 'substantially gainful' occupation given his prior vocational history and the impact of his service-connected right foot disabilities (i.e., pes planus, hallux valgus, and hallux rigidus), left foot disability(status post fracture with hallux valgus), back disability, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, right foot and back scars, and GERD, when taken together, have on obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful non-sedentary employment and sedentary employment, including in his past employment as a police officer.