Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for a back disability, right leg radiculopathy, and right knee disability for additional development.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability for further development, including a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and assigned a 20% rating for the Veteran's low back condition, while denying increased ratings for her psychiatric and neurological conditions.

The Board granted service connection for a low back condition, to include degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and denied claims for compensable ratings for right ear hearing loss, service connection for left ear hearing loss, and service connection for scars on the right elbow and eyebrow.

The Board is remanding the claim for a low back disorder, claimed as lumbosacral strain, to ensure that VA obtains an examination that substantially complies with the Board's previous remand instructions.

The Board granted service connection for right foot pes planus, lumbosacral strain, left ankle disability manifested by pain, and tinnitus based on the evidence being approximately evenly balanced as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for the back disability prior to April 13, 2017, and a 40 percent rating from August 2, 2019, to December 30, 2019, but denied higher ratings in other periods. The Board also remanded several service connection claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a sleep disorder, cervical spine disability, low back disability, left thumb disability, right leg disability, and left ankle disability, to ensure that there is a complete record upon which to decide the Veteran's claims.

The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to properly assess the severity of the knee and back disabilities during flare-ups and after repeated use over time.

The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back disability and granted increased ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy and low back disability in certain periods.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various disorders, including shoulder, elbow, wrist, low back, knee, neuropathy, sleep apnea, heart, colon resection, skin cancer, and diabetes mellitus, due to inadequate VA examinations that did not address all relevant evidence.

The Board denied service connection for neck, low back, left hip, and right hip disabilities as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by active military service.

The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's low back disability and remanded issues related to right lower extremity radiculopathy and service connection.

The Veteran was granted a TDIU from May 29, 2018, due to his service-connected PTSD and SMC from May 19, 2021.

The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional medical evidence and service records.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded claims for flat feet, bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a back disability.

The Board remands the claims for further development to determine if the Veteran is eligible for healthcare under Chapter 17 of 38 U.S.C. due to a low back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder.

The Veteran's back disability from January 23, 2019 to October 15, 2019 was granted a rating of 50 percent.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Crohn's disease, bilateral pes planus, bilateral shin splints, right knee disability, and low back disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability and denied the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a higher rating for tinnitus. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.