Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right knee, left knee, and lumbar spine disorders for further development, including VA examinations.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for thoracic and lumbar spine disabilities, but remanded the claims for cervical spine disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain based on the evidence showing forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine at 35 degrees.

The Board granted service connection for a back, right hip, right knee, and GERD disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a low back condition and right knee condition, as the current evidence is inadequate to determine whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's service or secondary to his service-connected PTSD with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and higher ratings for his lumbosacral strain and right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for a lower spine disability, to include lumbar arthritis, and dismissed the appeals for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, bilateral flatfoot, erectile dysfunction, SMC based on loss of use of creative organ, and remanded an issue related to an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for a vertical left paralumbar area scar and denied service connection for a back disability other than the left paralumbar area scar, as well as denying a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for an increased rating of lumbar strain with spondylitis, and the Board has dismissed the case.

The Board granted an effective date of February 25, 2020, for a 20 percent rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity and January 20, 2017, for total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), but denied an earlier effective date than March 6, 2020, for a 40 percent rating for degenerative joint disease of the thoracic and lumbar spine.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 20 percent for cervical strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine and degenerative disc disease at C5-C6, resolving reasonable doubts in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability and denied it for a right foot disability, with the right knee disability remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for low back pain to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a low back condition to obtain an addendum opinion based on accurate facts.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar strain, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to an in-service back injury.

The Board granted service connection for a back disorder and remanded the other claims, including those for increased ratings and additional service connection.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for a right shoulder disability, left elbow disability, left hip disability, bilateral foot disability, lumbar spine idiopathic scoliosis with intervertebral disc syndrome, right hip strain residuals, right hip limitation of flexion, right hip limitation of extension, right knee arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament tear residuals with a hamstring graft, and left knee bursitis for further development.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claims for service connection for back condition, allergic rhinitis, migraines, skin condition, bilateral eye condition, and an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board granted service connection for a back condition, tinnitus, an ankle condition (right), and right and left knee conditions based on evidence supporting the occurrence of these conditions during active duty.