Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right ankle condition, left ankle fracture, psychological disorder, and back condition to ensure that all evidence reviewed by the AOJ at the time of the January 2021 rating decision is properly documented.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, a thoracolumbar spine (low back) disorder, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is dismissed due to the Veteran not submitting an NOD within one year of the rating decision being mailed.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for cervical strain and right and left knee disabilities were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer and denied increased ratings for the right knee strain, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with sacroiliitis and IVDS. However, a 20 percent rating was granted for right knee instability.

The Board denied service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's in-service injury and his current condition.

The Veteran's appeal for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a September 2023 rating decision was denied.

The appeals for service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and bilateral hip disorders were dismissed due to procedural defects.

The appeal for an increased rating for degenerative disc disease was granted to 40 percent effective May 5, 2023, while the appeals for lumbar radiculopathy in both lower extremities were also granted at 10 percent with the same effective date.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction but granted service connection for major depression secondary to a back condition.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the lumbar spine disability and a 60 percent rating for favorable ankylosis of the right hip, while denying other increased ratings.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no current disability and no evidence of a causal relationship to the Veteran's military service. The claims for back condition, right knee condition, left shoulder condition, and right shoulder condition were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding that new and relevant evidence was not submitted to support these claims.

The Board denied service connection for degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis, intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), and lumbosacral strain as secondary to patellar femoral syndrome, bilateral knees.

The Board granted the restoration of a 20 percent disability rating for thoracolumbar sprain, effective September 21, 2021, and denied an increased disability rating in excess of 20 percent.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD and a back disability due to the need for additional medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a low back condition, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disability, left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left knee arthritis. The issue of entitlement to service connection for left knee osteochondroma was remanded.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's left ear scar and remanded claims for service connection for back, right foot, right knee, and headache disorders.

The Board remands the claims for a VA examination to clarify the severity of the Veteran's lumbosacral strain and associated neurologic manifestations, as well as service connection for pes planus.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded a claim for service connection for hypertension.