Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of service connection for a low back disorder is not well grounded because there is no medical diagnosis of a current disability.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disorder due to new evidence suggesting a possible medical nexus between back problems in service and current low back disability. The claim is now well-grounded.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability, hernia condition, and colon disability. The claim of service connection for coronary artery disease is well grounded.

The veteran's application for RH insurance was not received within one year of the last grant of service connection, thus denying his eligibility.

The Board found that a low back disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service, as there is no evidence of chronic low back symptomatology after service and arthritis was not shown to be present within one year post-service.

The Board has determined that the claim of service connection for a back disorder is well grounded. The veteran's current back problems could be attributed to his parachute jumps and spinal anesthesia in service, but there are conflicting opinions on this matter.

The Board has granted a rating of 30 percent for the service-connected postoperative residuals of a right knee injury and has granted an effective date of February 13, 1997. The Board also found that the veteran is entitled to an effective date of February 13, 1997 for a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal because he did not respond to requests for information and evidence necessary to make a decision on his service connection claim.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbar strain, internal derangement of the left knee, and traumatic arthritis of the left knee are being remanded due to incomplete medical evaluations.

The VA has determined that the veteran's low back disability, which includes mechanical pain and a history of surgery at L4-5, does not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability, finding no competent medical evidence linking it to his service-connected right knee disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability due to his failure to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Board has determined that the evidence does not support an evaluation in excess of 40 percent for post contusion of the lumbar back area with myositis.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current low back disability, including postoperative residuals of a herniated nucleus pulposus at L1, is service-connected. The examiner found no preexisting condition and attributed most symptoms to intercurrent injury.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine degenerative changes had their onset during active service.

The veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance due to service-connected intervertebral disc disease with severe lumbar spondylosis, chronic low back pain, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and coronary artery disease. The Board finds the evidence in equipoise as to whether this need for aid and attendance is related to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, finding no competent evidence linking the condition to service.

The veteran's service-connected low back strain did not require hospital treatment for a period in excess of 21 days during his April to May 1993 hospitalization, so he is denied a temporary total rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability and post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a back disability.