Neck / cervical spine Board decisions

The Board found that the Veteran's cervical spine disorder is not related to his active military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's current neck disability did not have its onset during service or within one year of separation, and is otherwise unrelated to his active service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and providing a spine examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine disorders.

The Veteran has withdrawn all issues on appeal, including service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and Epstein Barr Virus.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, cervical spine, and fibromyalgia are being remanded due to outstanding records from her military service and private healthcare providers.

The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding private treatment records and further examination is needed for tinnitus.

The Veteran's headaches, right ear disabilities, left ear disease, and back disability are service-connected. The effective date for the increased rating of 20 percent for the back disability is set at April 19, 2006.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unemployable prior to December 1, 2004.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities, as well as his claim for an effective date earlier than March 7, 2013 for the grant of service connection for right ear hearing loss. The Veteran was granted service connection for right ear hearing loss with a noncompensable rating effective from March 7, 2013.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including personal assault PTSD claims and VA audiological examination.

The Board found no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current lumbar, cervical, hip and knee disabilities and his military service. The appellant did not serve on active duty for 90 days or more, thus making presumptive service connection inapplicable.

The Veteran has withdrawn all his pending appeals, including those related to cervical spine disorder, liver disorder (including fatty liver), GERD, skin disorder, left knee disorder, gallbladder disorder (including gallstones), erectile dysfunction, IBS, and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for a right eye disability and depression, as well as his claim to reopen the cervical spine disability were denied. The Veteran was also denied service connection for a left eye disability, gastrointestinal disability, gout, and special monthly pension benefits.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and attempting to obtain medical records from civilian hospitals. The Veteran's claims for service connection will be reviewed after these developments.

The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to determine the etiology of any current cervical spine, bilateral hip and bilateral shoulder disabilities. The Veteran's service connection claims are pending.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including obtaining inpatient records from Fort Hood and scheduling a VA examination. The Veteran's claim will be readjudicated after this additional development.

The Board found that the Veteran's current back, bilateral knee, and neck disabilities were not incurred or aggravated by service. The preponderance of evidence is against a finding of a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim of service connection for arthritis of the cervical spine, secondary to service-connected cervical lymphadenitis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not include the anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands, blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity, deep partial thickness burns that have resulted in contractures with limitation of motion of two or more extremities or of at least one extremity and the trunk, full thickness or subdermal burns that have resulted in contractures with limitation of motion of one or more extremities or the trunk, or residuals of an inhalation injury. Therefore, his claim for a special home adaptation grant is denied.

The Board found that the Veteran's diagnosed cervical spine, lumbosacral spine, right shoulder, bilateral elbow, and bilateral knee conditions were not related to service or manifest within one year of separation. Therefore, service connection was denied for all issues.