Neck / cervical spine decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a neck disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate examinations.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder, moderate, but denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for left foot first metatarsophalangeal joint degenerative arthritis. The claims for service connection for PTSD, sleep apnea, cervical spine disorder, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right wrist disorder and left wrist disorder were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and cervical strain, finding that the Veteran's back and neck conditions were caused by her service.

The Board denied service connection for a neck disability, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's current neck condition and his active military service or his service-connected left zygomatic-maxillary complex fracture.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraines, cervical strain, and obstructive sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the prior VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for a heart condition and a cervical spine condition, but remanded the claim for a bilateral foot condition for further development.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disability due to an inadequate VA examination and the need for an addendum opinion.

The Board denied service connection for hydromyelia of the cervical spine, finding no evidence that it was incurred in or caused by an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disability due to an inadequate statement of reasons or bases in its previous decision.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee condition, finding the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether it was incurred during service. The claim for a cervical spine condition was not addressed.

The Veteran was granted a 20 percent rating for her neck disability beginning April 27, 2018, and had some issues denied or remanded.

The Board granted restoration of a 50 percent evaluation for bilateral pes planus and denied increased ratings for left knee arthritis, right knee strain, varicocele, lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. Erectile dysfunction was granted service connection.

The Board remands the claim for a cervical spine disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and obtain an adequate direct service connection opinion.

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for cervical strain was withdrawn by the Veteran.

The appeal for service connection and increased ratings for various conditions, including diabetes, erectile dysfunction, bilateral shoulder disability, hemorrhoids, and knee and ankle disabilities, was dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disability, finding no evidence of the condition during service or within one year of separation and noting that the Veteran's current disabilities were not related to her in-service duties. The issue of service connection for vertigo is remanded.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder bicipital tendonitis, finding that the disability is less likely than not related to the Veteran's military service. The claim for service connection for residual of cervical fracture with cervical strain was remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and increased rating, but remanded several other claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for neck disability, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and left upper extremity radiculopathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.