Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and low back disability are granted service connection, while the Veteran is awarded a 50% rating for his migraine headaches.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating of his service-connected left knee disability has been withdrawn. The issues of service connection for a left hip disorder and a lumbar spine disorder, both secondary to the service-connected left knee disability, are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for prostate, skin, and gastrointestinal disabilities have been granted. The claim for lumbar spine disability is remanded due to the need for further examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability as a result of service-connected disabilities, finding that his service-connected conditions do not render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's low back disability and awarded a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD and bilateral hearing loss.

The reduction of the disability rating from 10 percent to zero percent for the Veteran's service-connected left sciatic nerve radiculopathy was improper, and restoration of the prior 10 percent rating is granted. A TDIU on a schedular basis due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities is granted effective August 8, 2018.

The Veteran's service connection for cervical spine degenerative disc disease is granted. The issues of rating in excess of 10 percent prior to February 11, 2020 and in excess of 20 percent thereafter, for a service-connected lumbar spine condition, and TDIU prior to December 18, 2018 are remanded.

The claim for TDIU prior to November 1, 2012 is dismissed as moot. The claim for TDIU on or after November 1, 2012, based solely on the Veteran's low back disability, is remanded for extraschedular consideration.

The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria and aid and attendance is being remanded due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding his physical limitations.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension and has remanded the issue of an increased evaluation for lumbosacral strain.

The Veteran's lumbar strain with degenerative arthritis is rated at 20 percent, which is the maximum rating available under Diagnostic Code 5237.,Separate ratings of 10 percent each are granted for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Veteran's thoracolumbar spine disability and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity were granted initial ratings. The rating for the left lower extremity was denied, with a separate grant of a temporary increased rating prior to September 17, 2020.

The Veteran's lumbar spine condition and right lower extremity radiculopathy have been granted initial increased ratings, but the claim for a separate rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for cervical spine, left arm radiculopathy, and low back disabilities. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further medical development regarding his right hip disability and increased ratings for his lumbar spine and radiculopathy disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disorder, finding that the current condition is not related to service or any service-connected disability.

The VA has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for thoracolumbar spondylosis with intervertebral disc syndrome due to new evidence received since the last review.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for low back injury with degenerative disc disease and right foot arthritis due to outstanding VA treatment records and the need for updated VA examinations.

The Veteran's back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and left lower extremity radiculopathy of the femoral nerve are all granted with specific ratings.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board also found that the Veteran had not raised any other issues, nor have any other issues been reasonably raised by the record.