Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to his failure to report for a scheduled VA examination. The claims will be reconsidered after the examinations are completed.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection of low back, right knee, left knee, right ankle, and left ankle disorders. Resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, the Board finds that his current diagnoses are directly related to his military service.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board issuing a decision.

The Veteran withdrew his claims for increased ratings on all three issues during the November 2017 Board hearing.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including new VA examinations to assess the current severity of his lumbar spine and left knee disabilities.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability, erectile dysfunction, and nerve damage due to lack of evidence showing that these conditions were aggravated by his military service.

The Veteran's renal cell carcinoma is presumed to have been incurred in service, and the Board finds that he is entitled to service connection for this condition. The low back disability is secondary to his service-connected renal cell carcinoma.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disability and found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss warrants no compensable rating. The decision is based on the evidence showing current disabilities consistent with in-service injuries, but without clear medical nexus to those events.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a chronic low back condition and finds that the evidence supports this claim, granting service connection.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability due to new and material evidence. However, the claims for service connection for cervical spine and headache disabilities have been denied as they are not related to service or willful misconduct.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnoses of degenerative disc disease, vertebral subluxation complexes and myofascial pain syndrome are related to his military service.

The Veteran's back disability is currently rated at 10 percent prior to December 1, 2014 and at 40 percent thereafter. The Board found that a higher rating was not warranted based on the evidence provided.

The Veteran's chronic lower back disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal, citing that he is already receiving compensation and does not want to move forward with the claims.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his military service. The Board also found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the previously denied claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to assess the impact of service-connected conditions on the Veteran's employability and an evaluation of flares.

The Board found that the Veteran's current back and neck disabilities were not incurred or aggravated by service, and are not related to his service-connected right shoulder disability. The claims for service connection have been denied.

The Board found that the Veteran's degenerative disc disease pre-existed his second period of service and was not aggravated by service, thus denying the claim for service connection.

The Board has ordered a new VA opinion to determine if the Veteran's current lumbar spine condition is related to his service, specifically his in-service fall from an aircraft and his job duties. The case will be remanded for this purpose.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability was denied as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and the current disability is not related to service.