Back / lumbar spine Board decisions

The Board has affirmed the denial of a permanent and total disability evaluation for pension purposes, citing incomplete evaluations of non-service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his healed fracture of the distal left radius and ulna with traumatic arthritis. The effective date for the grant of a 10 percent evaluation for his service-connected distal left radius and ulna disability was granted to December 20, 2000.

The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability secondary to the appellant's service-connected right ankle disability and has granted an increased evaluation of 10% for his right ankle disability.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his cervical spine and low back disabilities, finding that the evidence does not support a higher rating based on current disability levels.

The veteran's low back disability is rated at 40 percent, effective from April 29, 1997.,Tinnitus was initially evaluated as non-compensably disabling prior to June 10, 1999. From that date onwards, it has been rated at 10 percent.

The veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for his service-connected low back disorder (status post L2-L3 laminectomy) was granted by the RO. The effective date is not specified.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for asthma and an increased rating for her degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine. The appeals are both denied.

The case is being remanded to the RO for further development, including obtaining medical examinations and addressing the SSA's decision on total disability.

The veteran's claim for a temporary total rating based on convalescence following back surgery was denied as he has already received the maximum period of convalescent benefits allowed by law.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, low back disorder, sialadenitis due to an undiagnosed illness, and a body rash due to an undiagnosed illness. The veteran's residuals of a fractured left mandible and right angle of the jaw were evaluated at 20 percent.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic low back disorder, finding that the veteran's current condition is not related to his military service.

The Board's decision was vacated due to the veteran's death, and the appeal is dismissed.

The Board has increased the veteran's rating for his low back disability to 40 percent, effective December 1998. The case is also remanded for further development regarding an earlier effective date.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disorder and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for cervical spine disorder due to his failure to perfect appeal.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a back disorder, which was previously denied. The evidence submitted includes VA outpatient treatment records showing chronic low back pain since the veteran's in-service motor vehicle accident.

The Board has determined that the veteran's low back disability does not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent.

The Board has granted an effective date of May 14, 1987 for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain. The claim for specially adapted automobile or to automobile adaptive equipment is denied due to the veteran's failure to report for a scheduled examination.

The veteran's claims for a higher rating and total disability due to service-connected low back disability are granted. The veteran is rated at 60 percent for his service-connected lumbar condition, effective February 23, 1994.

The veteran's appeal for an increased evaluation of his service-connected low back strain was dismissed as he expressed satisfaction with the current rating.

The Board has granted service connection for low back strain as secondary to a right knee disability, but denied the claim for pelvic tilt as secondary to a right knee disability.