Back / lumbar spine — all decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability, bilateral knee disabilities, and low back disability due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the service connection claims for various disabilities and TDIU due to the need for additional medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine arthritis and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the now service-connected lumbar spine arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability based on the evidence showing that these conditions are causally related to the Veteran's active duty.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disorder due to unverified periods of active duty and an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a lumbar spine disability as secondary to a cervical spine disability due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 40 percent for thoracolumbar strain with degenerative changes and remanded the claims for a higher rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy as well as TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder, lumbar spine disorder, and radiculopathy of both lower extremities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected shin splints, left lower extremity, with knee impairment.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, cervical spine degenerative disc disease (neck disability), and urinary incontinence to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted an evaluation of 70 percent disabling, but no higher. Other claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied or remanded.

The appeal for service connection for a low back disorder was dismissed due to the untimeliness of the Veteran's Notice of Disagreement.

The Board granted service connection for rhinitis, a low back disorder, and a right hip disorder based on evidence that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active military service.

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

The Board denied increased ratings for the back disability and right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, but granted a 40 percent rating from December 22, 2023, for the right lower extremity radiculopathy and a 10 percent rating from August 12, 2011, for the left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for separate awards of service connection for left knee instability and right knee instability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, a right knee disability, and a low back disability but denied the claims for an earlier effective date for hypertension and distal lateral surgical scar of the right long finger, depression, bilateral hearing loss, and a right elbow disability. The Veteran was also granted an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension.

The appeals for service connection and TDIU were dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and a rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left great toe, finding no evidence to support a direct or secondary relationship between these conditions and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including fatigue, bilateral eye disability, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, GERD, penile condition, left foot disability, and others. Some claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for right knee, left knee, and lumbar spine disabilities as they are not related to the Veteran's in-service frostbite or any other in-service injury.