Neck / cervical spine Board decisions

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence, including in-patient hospital records and VA clinic records.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and right shoulder arthritis. The claim for residuals of excisions of basal cell carcinoma was not addressed as it was rated noncompensable.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from engaging in gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for his cervical spine, left knee, and right knee disabilities are being remanded for additional development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for back disability, neck or cervical spine disability, bilateral shoulder disabilities, and bilateral hearing loss. The decision is based on a finding that there was no evidence of current disabilities or a causal link to service.

The Board has vacated the previous decision and is remanding the case for a videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO, after which it will be returned to the Board for further review.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have diagnosed respiratory, cervical spine, right knee, left knee, or right shoulder disorders and therefore denied service connection for these conditions.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claim of service connection for a cervical spine disability, concluding that it is not related to his service or any service-connected condition. The issue of an increased rating for low back disability remains pending.

The Board has determined that a disability rating of 40 percent for service-connected herniation of the lumbar spine is warranted, effective from April 13, 1998. The decision also granted an increased rating for chronic cervical myofibrositis.

The Board has ordered the case to be remanded for additional development of medical records and service personnel files.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for low back and neck disabilities, finding no current diagnosed conditions or a link to service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim and determined that new evidence supports a finding of service connection for low back disability, cervical spine disorder, hip disorder, left hand nerve damage, generalized arthritis, hypertension, psychiatric disorder, bilateral knee disability, digestive disorder, and foot disability. The conditions are presumed to have been aggravated by service.

The Board denied service connection for cervical spine disability with associated numbness of the right arm as secondary to service-connected lumbar spine disability and denied service connection for disability of the ankles, both finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a Board video conference hearing. The issues include service connection for sleep apnea, residuals of a head injury, and reopening the claim for cervical spondylosis with radiculopathy.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claim that his current cervical spine disability is related to service, including his alleged in-service injury during reserve duty. The Board concluded that the veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine disorder due to lack of evidence linking the condition to his military service.

The veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the increased evaluations of degenerative disc, lumbosacral spine with scoliotic deformity and spondylolisthesis L5 on S1, right sciatica, and osteoarthritis of the cervical spine.

The Board has determined that the appellant meets the criteria for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only due to permanent impairment of vision in both eyes resulting from service-connected glaucoma.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed disabilities, including bilateral knee disability (claimed as osteoarthritis of the knees), bilateral hand disability (claimed as carpal tunnel syndrome), and cervical spine disability (claimed as C3-C6 spondylosis), were not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected ankle disabilities played a material causal role in his death, and therefore grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.