Back / lumbar spine — all decisions

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, restored the 40 percent rating for lumbar spine disability, and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disorders, including a lumbar spine disorder, left elbow disorder, and others, to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability, finding that the Veteran's back disability had its onset during his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a back disability, right and left lower extremity peripheral nerve disabilities, a right foot disability, sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability and sciatica of both lower extremities, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected foot and knee disabilities, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbar degenerative disc disease, left and right knee strain with tendinitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The TDIU claim was dismissed.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for migraines was granted, effective July 1, 2022. The claims for service connection for various conditions were either denied or remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for complete loss of sense of smell, an acquired psychiatric disability, a low back disability, a respiratory disability, and tinnitus to schedule VA examinations.

The Board granted an initial 40 percent rating for chronic lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease throughout the period on appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of various conditions, except for right lower extremity radiculopathy and left lower extremity radiculopathy which were granted an effective date of August 4, 2013.

The Board remands the claims for an increased initial rating for a low back disability and radiculopathy, right and left lower extremities due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for degenerative arthritis and spinal stenosis, lumbar spine, left hand nerve damage, right hand nerve damage, right lower extremity (RLE) nerve damage, and left lower extremity (LLE) nerve damage. The claim for a compensable rating for hypertension prior to March 8, 2024, was also denied.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for post-surgical lumbar spine pain.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal requests for all rating decisions due to untimeliness and lack of good cause.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during his active service and has continued since.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's lumbar spine, cervical spine, cervical radiculopathy or peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, and lumbar radiculopathy or sciatica of the bilateral lower extremities as there was no evidence to support a relationship between these conditions and his active military service.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, as there is no current disability. The issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine are remanded due to inadequate examination reports.

The Board remands the issues of a disability rating for a low back disorder and entitlement to TDIU due to non-compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board remands the case for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine, groin muscle injury, to include scrotum disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to duty-to-assist errors in prior VA examinations.