Neck / cervical spine Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied across the board due to lack of evidence supporting his assertions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than March 4, 2009 for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to lack of factual ascertainability prior to that date.

The Veteran's fibromyalgia was initially rated at 10 percent and later increased to 40 percent effective July 20, 2005. The Board has granted a maximum schedular rating for the disability.,Service connection for a cervical spine disorder was established with an effective date of July 20, 2005.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current back disabilities are not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected right ankle disability, and therefore denied the claim for secondary service connection.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support granting any of her requested increases or establishing service connection for a cervical spine disability.

The Veteran's headaches were related to service and granted service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claims.

The Board found that the Veteran's cervical spine and lumbar spine disorders are not related to his military service, thus denying both claims.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and consideration of his service connection claims, including obtaining additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of his respiratory disability and hypertension.

The Veteran's appeal is being REMANDED to the RO for further examination and readjudication of his TDIU claim due to incomplete opinions regarding the impact of his service-connected disabilities on his employment.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional service treatment records and in-service hospital records. The case will be adjudicated again after these records have been obtained.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's neck and left hip disabilities are not service connected due to lack of evidence linking them to his military service. The claims for service connection have been denied.

The Board denied service connection for hypothyroidism, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, and spondylosis and spinal stenosis of the cervical spine. The conditions were not found to be related to service or any presumptive exposure.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for a joint disorder of the right hand/fingers. The case is being remanded for further development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records, arranging for additional medical examinations, and readjudicating all issues.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to conflicting medical opinions regarding the cause of her loss of use of lower extremities.

The Veteran's left shoulder disability is rated at 30 percent prior to April 26, 2010 and at 20 percent as of that date. He also has a separate 10 percent rating for his painful scar. The cervical spine disorder is found to be secondary to the service-connected left shoulder disability. TDIU is granted.

The Veteran's thoracic spine disability was rated at 10% prior to April 17, 2008 and from April 17, 2008 to December 29, 2011. Her cervical spine disability was rated at 10% since October 14, 2010.

The Board has determined that an effective date of July 8, 1968 is warranted for the grant of TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that further examination and medical opinions are needed to determine if the Veteran's current joint disabilities, including shoulder and cervical spine conditions, are related to service. The appeal is being remanded for these purposes.

The Court has determined that the Veteran is entitled to service connection for a cervical spine disorder, and the Board's July 2009 decision denying this claim is reversed. The matter is now remanded for assignment of an appropriate disability rating and effective date.