Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for a low back disorder, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis, but remanded the claim for a left foot disorder, diagnosed as hallux rigidus.

The Board restored the 20 percent rating for the thoracolumbar spine disability, effective July 1, 2024. The right hip claim was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, a thoracic spine disability, and an initial rating of 70 percent for persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, and lumbar spine disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain private medical records.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and denied an increased rating for hypertension, while dismissing the claim for an earlier effective date. The decision also remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for vertigo and remanded the claim for low back disability due to an error in the previous administrative determination.

The Board remands the claim for a back disability to correct a duty to assist error, including obtaining additional medical records and an addendum opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an extraschedular total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to April 30, 2020, as it needs additional medical evidence to differentiate between symptoms attributable to service-connected and non-service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the claim for a lower back disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion, as the previous VA examination was found inadequate.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory condition and an increased rating for testicular hydrocele/varicocele, but remanded the claim for service connection for low back strain.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA.

The Board denied service connection for back disability as the evidence does not support a finding that it began during active service or is related to an in-service injury.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis with DDD of the lumbar spine and an acquired psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder (MDD) with anxious distress.

The Board granted an effective date of October 1, 1993, for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea and April 10, 2006, for the grant of service connection for a lumbar disability. The claim for an earlier effective date prior to January 23, 2019, for the grant of service connection for mitral regurgitation was denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, heart disease, cervical spine disorder, and lumbar spine disorder due to a lack of compliance with prior remand directives.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was rated 70 percent disabling since December 16, 2018, and the Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for this condition alone effective from that date.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a higher rating and an earlier effective date for his lumbar strain, to include degenerative disc disease, intervertebral disc syndrome, and spondylosis, due to the need for a new VA back examination.

The Board denied higher staged ratings for lumbar strain with degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, but granted an effective date of January 11, 2017, for special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).

The Board granted service connection for a left arm disability but dismissed the appeal for a back disability as it was withdrawn by the Veteran.