Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board granted an increased disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability effective February 7, 1997. The low back disorder was rated at 20 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of new and material evidence, as well as his cervical strain with degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease.

The Board denied service connection for chronic low back disorder and an increased evaluation for bilateral varicose veins. The veteran's claim of a chronic low back disorder was granted, but the Board found no evidence to support service connection for lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and an initial evaluation greater than noncompensable for his chronic lumbar strain. The issues were not fully developed due to the veteran's failure to cooperate with VA examinations.

The veteran's low back disability is rated at 40 percent, and his lipoma of the left lateral lumbar area does not meet criteria for a compensable rating.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder impingement syndrome, and low back disability are denied as the evidence does not establish a current disability or a nexus to service.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disorder and a right hip disorder, finding that the evidence is plausible.,Service connection was also denied for a nervous disorder as secondary to the veteran's service-connected right knee disability.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis and a low back disability as they are not well grounded.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to properly evaluate the veteran's service-connected migraine headaches and herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) of the lumbosacral spine, including recent medical records and a VA examination.

The Board found no competent evidence linking the current low back disability to a back injury or disease incurred in service, and thus denied the claim.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for impairment of the right knee, left knee, and a back condition as not well grounded. The evidence does not support current diagnoses or a link between the claimed conditions and active duty.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury, low back disability, and right ankle disability due to lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to service.

The veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was granted with an effective date of March 31, 1986. The TDIU rating is based on the veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's claims for increased depression evaluation and service connection for low back disorder and left forearm fracture residuals were denied. The RO found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating or establish service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain (claimed as back condition) is not well grounded, and denied it. The claim for reopening a bilateral knee condition was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.

The veteran seeks an increased evaluation for his service-connected low back disability, currently rated at 20 percent. The case is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a personal hearing before a traveling member of the Board at the RO.

The Board found that the veteran's low back disorder was not incurred or aggravated during service and denied his claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for various conditions, finding that the evidence did not support higher evaluations or a grant of service connection.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to a lack of timely filing of a substantive appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability is well grounded and has ordered further development of evidence.