Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, as there is no current disability. The issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine are remanded due to inadequate examination reports.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, GERD, and cervical degenerative disc disease are granted ratings of 50%, 70%, 30%, and a grant of service connection respectively.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and initial ratings of 30 percent for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, migraines, and hiatal hernia with slight reflux and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) effective September 5, 2018.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right hip, left hip, and low back disabilities to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, lower back disability, and left shoulder disability based on evidence of in-service incurrence and continuity of symptomatology.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for post-surgical lumbar spine pain.

The veteran withdrew all appeals for increased ratings of various conditions, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbosacral strain, left hip disability, right hip disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxious distress, with intermittent major depressive episodes, as additional evidence needs to be considered.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for revision of the May 1984 administrative decision and rating decision, which determined that injuries incurred in August 1982 were the result of willful misconduct, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and her active duty service.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating, service connection for radiculopathy of both lower extremities, and TDIU due to incomplete evidence.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claims for service connection for a lower back strain and sleep apnea.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, restored the 40 percent rating for lumbar spine disability, and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for multiple musculoskeletal disabilities, including the left and right shoulders, ankles, knees, elbow, and low back, as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or treatment related to these conditions.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, as a new VA examination is necessary to assess the current severity of the condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disorders, including a lumbar spine disorder, left elbow disorder, and others, to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board remanded the issues of entitlement to earlier effective dates for RLE and LLE radiculopathy service connection awards, finding that the AOJ failed to reconsider these claims under 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c) after receipt of relevant official service department records. The Board remanded for a VA medical opinion to determine whether the radiculopathy onset occurred prior to September 15, 1999.

The Board granted a 40 percent initial rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis, but denied a temporary total disability rating subsequent to spinal cord stimulator implantation.

The Board granted a higher initial rating of 100 percent for ulcerative colitis and denied increased ratings for lumbar paraspinal tendonitis, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The appeal of the proposed reduction of the disability evaluation for low back degenerative arthritis from 40 percent to 10 percent was dismissed because it was a notice of a future determination and not an adjudicative determination.