Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the criteria for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU). The Veteran is granted TDIU.

The veteran was granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a separate rating of 10 percent for left knee instability. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, including psoriatic arthritis, bilateral shoulder disability, low back disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic pain, and chronic fatigue. The Veteran's appeal for increased disability ratings for left and right knee OA with chondrocalcinosis was withdrawn.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for lower extremity loss of sensation, herniated disc (cervical radiculopathy), bilateral shoulder condition including degenerative joint disease, bilateral elbow condition including degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine disability, and basal cell carcinoma due to insufficient medical opinions regarding exposure to herbicide agents during service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's thoracolumbar spine disability is not related to service or any service-connected conditions, and therefore denied the claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the issue of a TDIU prior to September 29, 2009 due to insufficient evidence indicating that the Veteran was unemployable by reason of service-connected disabilities. The case is now pending for referral to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.

The Board denied service connection for osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, finding that it is less likely than not related to service and did not onset within a year after separation from service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities other than her major depressive disorder, finding that the evidence did not show she was unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due solely to her service-connected physical disabilities.

The veteran's claim for a higher evaluation of his service-connected degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine was denied. The claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to October 20, 2019, was remanded.

The Board remanded the claim for a new VA opinion to determine the severity of the veteran's lumbar spine disability and whether it constitutes the functional equivalent of ankylosis.

The veteran is granted an effective date of October 22, 2008 for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's claims for service connection for several conditions, including low back disability and diabetes mellitus, type II, were granted. The claim for rheumatic fever was remanded.

The Board remanded the claims for service connection of a right leg condition and degenerative joint disease lumbar spine. The Veteran's claims will be reconsidered with additional evidence.

The Board remanded the case to determine if the veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date for his total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

Service connection for herpes, hearing loss, and right ankle disorder was denied. Service connection for low back disability was granted.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher evaluations of patellofemoral syndrome, radiculopathy, and lumbar degenerative disc disease, as well as the claim for TDIU, due to errors in the duty to assist.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been determined to render him unable to obtain and/or maintain substantially gainful employment, thus entitling him to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The veteran's service connection for lumbosacral strain, claimed as a back condition, has been granted. The decision is based on the Veteran's current disability being related to in-service back pain.

The Board remanded all claims for service connection due to errors in obtaining the Veteran's complete service records.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of a low back disorder, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities. The Board found that the VA examination was inadequate and ordered a new medical opinion.