Neck / cervical spine decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disability, left leg disability, low back disability, depression, and left arm numbness and tingling. The Veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted an effective date of June 10, 2022, for the grant of service connection for a cervical spine disability and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for degenerative arthritis, cervical spine with spinal stenosis from March 22, 2019, to September 2, 2021.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for degenerative arthritis, cervical spine with spinal stenosis from March 22, 2019, to September 2, 2021.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for back disability, neck disability, left shoulder disability, and sleep disability as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or event, and the current conditions were not etiologically related to his military service.

The Board granted service connection for anxiety, depression, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, right knee condition, left knee condition, and headaches based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and continuous post-service symptoms.

The Board granted service connection for degenerative joint disease off the cervical spine with spinal fusion and cervical spondylosis myelo, and left upper extremity radiculopathy (claimed as left arm weakness), but denied service connection for chronic pain.

The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disability, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the current condition and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied a compensable initial rating for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for cervical spine disorder, right carpal tunnel disorder, left carpal tunnel disorder, bilateral upper extremity varicose veins, and bilateral lower extremity varicose veins.

The Board remands the claim for a neck disability to correct a duty to assist error, including obtaining additional evidence and an addendum opinion.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spondylosis, finding that the evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether it had its onset in service.

The Board denied service connection for a cervical strain and denied increased ratings for bilateral lumbosacral disorder, left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for a neck condition as the evidence did not support an in-service incurrence or relationship to active service.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's cervical spine disability, as the forward flexion was limited to 15 degrees during flare-ups.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors and the need for additional evidence.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, and 20 percent ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy and right knee degenerative arthritis. The claim for a higher rating for degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis and spondylolisthesis was denied, as well as the TDIU.

The Board remands the increased rating claim for the Veteran's cervical spine disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an adequate medical examination and opinion.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability at any time during the appeal period.