Neck / cervical spine Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, low back disability, and cervical spine disability. The decision did not address the issues of service connection based on exposure to burn pits, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, radiation, Gulf War Syndrome, or new and material evidence.

The Board denied service connection for cervical spine disability, finding that the Veteran did not have a chronic condition in service or during the applicable presumptive period. The Board also found no evidence of continuity of symptomatology since service and concluded that any current cervical spine disability is unrelated to service.

The Board has remanded the claims for thoracolumbar spine disability and cervical spine disability due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their relationship to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and ratings have been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of various shoulder, knee, and cervical spine disorders are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.,Service connection for chronic sinusitis is also being remanded.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's cervical spine pain is proximately due to a fall resulting from his service-connected left knee disability, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Veteran's right bicep tendinitis is granted as service connected. The Board finds the Veteran's cervical spine, hip, and wrist disabilities are not related to his active duty or any other service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for a cervical spine disability due to its secondary nature to service-connected right ankle and low back disabilities. The Veteran needs an examination to determine if his cervical spine condition is related to these service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a medical opinion regarding her sleep apnea with fatigue.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities is being remanded due to lack of substantial compliance with the Board's previous remand directives.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to outstanding VA treatment records and a need for medical examinations. The claims include psychiatric, alcoholism, neurological disabilities of the upper and lower extremities, headache disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, shoulder disability, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and bilateral foot disability.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine disorder due to lack of evidence linking his current condition to his active service. The low back and associated radiculopathy issues are remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a cervical spine disability, sinus disability to include sinusitis, left ankle disability, and chronic fatigue syndrome due to incomplete verification of the Veteran's periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the Florida Air National Guard.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability is being remanded for further development, including obtaining an addendum medical opinion to determine if it is proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine strain, finding that her current condition is directly related to her active-duty service as a member of force protection in Afghanistan.

The Veteran's residuals of a fracture of the left hand, cervical spine disorder, C5-C6 scarring (secondary to cervical spine disorder), right knee disorder, and left knee disorder are all granted as service-connected.,Service connection is established for these conditions based on direct evidence showing they were incurred during active duty.

The Veteran's prostate cancer was denied service connection as it manifested more than one year after separation and is not shown to be causally related to an in-service injury or disease. The claims for psychiatric, heart, cervical spine, low back, bilateral shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and foot disabilities are remanded due to the failure to obtain examinations and opinions concerning their etiology.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability is currently rated at 20 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.,The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy has been remanded for further examination to determine its current severity.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for cervical spine, low back, right knee, left knee, and hypertension disabilities due to incomplete development of records and need for additional examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and increased rating of psoriatic arthritis, neck disability, bilateral elbow disability, bilateral hip disability, and bilateral foot disability due to insufficient examination reports. The TDIU claim is also remanded.