Neck / cervical spine decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for several foot, hip, neck, and shoulder disabilities but granted service connection for right and left shoulder strains with impingement syndrome and degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for rhinitis and awarded attorney fees, but denied service connection for a cervical strain, melanoma, and an increased evaluation of bruxism.

The Board denied service connection for a sleep disability and remanded claims for low back, neck, headaches, and skin disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical strain with spondylosis and degenerative changes due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.

The Board granted service connection for a neck disability and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the now service-connected neck disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical spine, right hip, and left hip disabilities to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial ratings, finding that the evidence did not support an earlier date of entitlement or a higher rating.

The Board remands the claims for a lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and asthma to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for neck and back disabilities to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding the acquisition of relevant Social Security Administration (SSA) records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical, thoracolumbar spine, left leg, and right leg disorders as secondary to service-connected migraine headaches due to a need for an addendum medical opinion.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability was increased to 40 percent disabling effective February 18, 2020, and service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD and radiculopathy was granted. The Veteran was also granted individual unemployability from September 21, 2020.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for neck and back disabilities to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding the acquisition of relevant Social Security Administration (SSA) records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical strain to schedule a VA examination.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for migraine and tension headaches from May 13, 2022, and a 30 percent rating for cervical strain from the same date.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a sleep disorder, cervical spine disability, low back disability, left thumb disability, right leg disability, and left ankle disability, to ensure that there is a complete record upon which to decide the Veteran's claims.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability, right hand disability, and cervical spine disability as the evidence did not show that these conditions were related to active military service or incurred therein.

The Board denied service connection for neck, low back, left hip, and right hip disabilities as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by active military service.

The Board granted service connection for a neck disability, GERD, hypertension, and headache disability. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was reopened and granted.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability and denied the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a higher rating for tinnitus. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.