BVA Decisions on Cervical

132 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving cervical — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 19-0001 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2018-09-04
  A May 2009 private nexus opinion notes that [d]ue to the impossibility to use [the right] arm the appellant....
• CAVCCase 24-1022 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-06-30
  The Board noted that neither the veteran nor his representative alleged any error with VA's duty to assist or a lack of substantial compliance with the September 2022 Board remand ...
• CAVCCase 94-503 — Affirmed 1997-11-05
  The appellant, appeals a March 16, 1994, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that denied a claim of service connection for a right hip disability after determ...
• CAVCCase 19-4559 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-03-19
  The appellant ,through counsel appeals a March 19,2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen a claim of ...
• CAVCCase 14-3126 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-09-04
  As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because VA had conducted all development necessary to substantiate the claims....
• CAVCCase 23-5486 — Denied / Remanded 2025-03-31
  In April 2021,the Board remanded the case for an additional medical opinion, noting that the October 2020 medical opinion did not address the questions posed in the Board's remand ...
• CAVCCase 11-0325 — Affirmed 2011-01-03
  The appellant appears to argue that the Board's determinations that he was not entitled to VA benefits for a left knee disability,sling palsy,and trauma to the left side of the wai...
• CAVCCase 24-4510 — Unknown 2025-09-09
  PIETSCH, Judge : the appellant ,through counsel,appeals an April 4, 2024,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1) denied service connection for upper extremity neurologic...
• CAVCCase 99-179 — Vacated 1999-01-20
  The appellant , appeals a January 20, 1999, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that (1) determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to r...
• CAVCCase 19-2504 — Unknown 2018-12-18
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a December 18,2018,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for a neck condition and bilatera...
• CAVCCase 23-3225 — Affirmed 2013-02-20
  In February 2020,the Board determined that based on the evidence of record,an effective date earlier than November 1,2016, is not warranted....
• CAVCCase 23-2829 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2024-09-30
  However,after weighing the evidence,the Board found the veteran's contemporaneous statements at separation from service,which denied headaches and muscle pain,to be more credible t...
• CAVCCase 10-1267 — Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed / Vacated 2010-04-05
  , through counsel,appeals an April 5, 2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims to reopen a previously denied claim for servic...
• CAVCCase 22-5983 — Affirmed 2022-09-13
  Parties'Arguments The appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases because the Board did not sufficiently consider the January 2016...
• CAVCCase 14-0138 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-12-27
  In the December 27,2013,decision on appeal,the Board denied disability compensation for migraine headaches,a central nervous system disability manifested by dizziness,bilateral hea...
• CAVCCase 22-1803 — Unknown 2021-11-26
  The veteran asserted that though he was granted service connection in March 1985 for neuropathy of the left common peroneal nerve,the March 1985 rating decision did not address ser...
• CAVCCase 21-0347 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-09-29
  The examiner is notified that findings of not due to, not caused by, and not related to are insufficient to address the question of aggravation....
• CAVCCase 23-0038 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2022-05-09
  In response to a claim received on March 15,2018, 4 a VA regional office (RO) denied service connection for both diabetes and anxiety based on a lack of new and material evidence,a...
• CAVCCase 22-7547 — Affirmed 2022-11-29
  There must be a nexus of auditory damage to relate current hearing loss to military noise and not another etiology....
• CAVCCase 20-1455 — Vacated / Remanded 2019-12-27
  In October 2003, the appellant requested that his disability compensation claim for the back be reopened based on new and material evidence....
• CAVCCase 12-885 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-11-22
  In doing so,the Board found that the appellant's military occupational specialty and personnel records ....
• CAVCCase 18-1440 — Affirmed 2017-11-28
  The RO also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for disability compensation for a personality disorder,previously claimed as a mental...
• CAVCCase 18-5936 — Remanded / Vacated 2018-07-02
  l the negative clinical opinions of record that found that appellant's right shoulder disability is not service connected....
• CAVCCase 07-1008 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2007-03-09
  The appellant,through counsel,appeals a March 9, 2007,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for a ba...
• CAVCCase 23-2629 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-05-20
  The examiner determined that the appellant's condition was less likely than not related to service and provided the following rationale: No chronic diagnosis is made for thyroidism...
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Vacated 1996-11-26
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• CAVCCase 10-2753 — Affirmed / Vacated 2009-06-17
  The appellant were not credible and that VA's duty to assist did not require it to provide him with a medical examination,and because the appellant....
• CAVCCase 24-4734 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-05-09
  August 2018 Board Denial In August 2018,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a headache disorder....
• CAVCCase 22-411 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-09-26
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a September 26,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)a lumbar spine disability;...
• CAVCCase 22-2282 — Affirmed 2022-03-21
  The appellant underwent a VA examination in March 2013;the examiner diagnosed cervical spondylytic myelopathy and opined that the condition was not related to service....
• CAVCCase 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-10-02
  In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
• CAVCCase 23-3986 — Remanded 2024-07-19
  July 2016 Board Decision and Appeal In a July 2016 decision,the Board denied a rating higher than 20%for left shoulder dislocation,status postsurgical repair with residual tendinit...
• CAVCCase 19-5987 — Affirmed 2019-05-13
  The appellant ,through counsel appeals a May 13, 2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen previousl...
• CAVCCase 91-504 — Unknown 1979-01-25
  In decisions dated September and December 1974, the RO denied entitlement to non-service-connected pension; those decisions did not address the issue of service connection....
• CAVCCase 21-0697 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-10-06
  In the October 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied an initial rating greater than 10% for tinea pedis with onychomycosis and denied service connection for a low back disabilit...
• CAVCCase 22-491 — Unknown 2021-09-28
  3 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases supporting its findings denying service connection for both a psychiatric disability and OSA, and be...
• CAVCCase 17-3135 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-08-02
  The examiner also concluded that the appellant's in-service back muscle strain and muscle spasm had resolved without residuals,and that such conditions did not cause and were not r...
• CAVCCase 12-3649 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2011-06-09
  As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because (1)VA had obtained the veteran's SMRs and there was no indication in the record that additiona...
• CAVCCase 21-5427 — Unknown 2021-07-15
  The veteran appealed to the Board,and in a March 2006 decision,the Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss....
• CAVCCase 11-1074 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-01-14
  Based upon these facts,and a discharge examination revealing no pulmonary abnormalities ,the physician concluded that the veteran had mild asbestosis but that it was more likely th...
• CAVCCase 20-3257 — Unknown 2020-02-06
  LAURER, Judge : United States Army veteran appeals,through counsel,a February 6,2020,Board of Veterans�Appeals (Board)decision determining that there was no new and material eviden...
• CAVCCase 12-1295 — Vacated / Remanded 2012-02-07
  The examiner diagnosed DJD of the lumbar spine,but stated that he was unable to resolve the issue of nexus without resort to speculation....
• CAVCCase 23-3939 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-02-28
  In August 2020,the Board determined that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a cervical spine disorder, and the Board remande...
• CAVCCase 23-6490 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-11-25
  The appellant appeals through counsel a September 6,2023,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision finding no new and material evidence sufficient to reopen previously denied claim...
• CAVCCase 21-3036 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-02-02
  On February 2,2021,the Board denied a rating in excess of 20%for the back disability, including a separate rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy prior to August 1...
• CAVCCase 19-9098 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2019-09-24
  VA afforded the appellant a medical examination in May 2011;the examiner opined that the appellant's history of noise exposure has no bearing on the diagnosis of Menier[e]'s diseas...
• CAVCCase 22-0257 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2021-11-26
  On November 26,2021,the Board found that new and relevant evidence had not been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for disability compensation for tinnitus and erect...
• CAVCCase 16-3128 — Affirmed 2016-07-11
  The appellant ,appeals through counsel a July 11,2016,decision of the Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)that,among other things,(1) determined that the appellant had not submitted n...
• CAVCCase 91-1288 — Unknown 1945-12-10
  KRAMER, Judge: the appellant appeals the April 15, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been subm...
• CAVCCase 09-3181 — Vacated / Affirmed 2009-04-30
  Because the Board failed to ensure compliance with its September 2007 remand order regarding the appellant....
• CAVCCase 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2007-02-01
  Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
• CAVCCase 15-4758 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-08-24
  The Board also granted the appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus and assigned a disability rating of 10%and reopened and remanded his claim...
• CAVCCase 17-1531 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-03-28
  In addition, the Board denied entitlement to higher evaluations for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as well as entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards...
• CAVCCase 18-6734 — Affirmed 2018-11-01
  In the decision here on appeal the Board denied service connection for each of the claimed conditions....
• CAVCCase 23-0076 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-10-25
  In September 2015,the appellant underwent VA examinations for his back and neck;the examiner provided negative nexus opinions,noting in part that the record shows that the appellan...
• CAVCCase 22-6516 — Unknown 2022-09-01
  In May 2021,the Board denied entitlement to an initial evaluation in excess of 10%rating for the back condition prior to March 15,2019,and granted entitlement to initial ratings of...
• CAVCCase 13-1457 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-03-19
  In a February 2003 rating decision,the RO explained that service connection for a bilateral shoulder condition had been denied in March 1995 and that the appellant had not submitte...
• CAVCCase 23-7340 — Granted / Denied In Part 2025-04-10
  The appellant sustained to his head and neck 2 Case:23-7340 Page: 3 of 21 Filed:04/10/2025 in August 1965 were not service connected because he did not enter active service until F...
• CAVCCase 21-1135 — Reversed 2021-01-07
  The Board noted that the August 2019 examiner considered the [v]eteran's contentions that he injured his neck while in service and that he still had symptoms....
• CAVCCase 22-0960 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-11-24
  Later that month,VA simply found that no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen a previously denied head injury claim....
• CAVCCase 07-0911 — Affirmed / Remanded 2006-12-18
  The appellant,through counsel,appeals a December 18,2006,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board or BVA)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection...
• CAVCCase 16-3738 — Affirmed 2016-10-13
  In July 2007, the appellant underwent another VA examination with the same examiner, who diagnosed the appellant with lumbosacral strain with minimal arthritis and reiterated his o...
• CAVCCase 19-7935 — Affirmed 2019-10-31
  ANALYSIS The appellant asserts that the Board erred by relying on the February 2019 VA opinion, which he alleges is inadequate,and by providing inadequate reasons or bases for deny...
• CAVCCase 09-4612 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2009-09-03
  On May 23,1989,the Board denied a disability rating for headaches in excess of 10%....
• CAVCCase 16-1052 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2016-02-10
  4 The Board noted that,at her separation examination,the appellant....
• CAVCCase 14-4007 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-10-10
  Among other things,the Board denied the appellant's claims for disability compensation for bilateral cervical radiculopathy,dry eye syndrome,and a left knee disorder (other than sh...
• CAVCCase 12-1427 — Vacated / Remanded 2012-03-29
  examination and opinion as to whether the appellant's back condition is related to service (medical nexus opinion)....
• CAVCCase 21-4580 — Unknown 2021-02-11
  3 Because the September 2019 and September 2020 VA medical opinions on which the Board relied are inadequate,and because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reason...
• CAVCCase 11-3455 — Vacated 2004-03-30
  The Board found that an examination with respect to the issue of sleep apnea is not necessary, because there is no competent and credible evidence that the Veteran had sleep apnea ...
• CAVCCase 06-0122 — Vacated / Remanded 2005-09-20
  The appellant appeals through counsel a September 20, 2005, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied entitlement to VA benefits for arthritis and bursi...
• CAVCCase 18-5935 — Affirmed 2018-07-03
  The RO denied his claims for benefits for COPD,hepatitis C,and PTSD and found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim for benefi...
• CAVCCase 14-1940 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-04-16
  In July 2007,the Board denied a higher initial disability evaluation for right CTS but remanded the cervical strain and onychomycosis claims for additional development in complianc...
• CAVCCase 21-5985 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-06-11
  First,the Board determined that the December 2011 rating decision that denied entitlement to benefits for bilateral flat feet was final because the appellant had not appealed it....
• CAVCCase 23-2883 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-06-28
  The Court remands the claim for service connection for a low back disability because,as the Secretary concedes,the Board erred by relying on inadequate VA opinions....
• CAVCCase 20-4067 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2020-04-22
  In October 2006,the Board denied entitlement to higher disability ratings for the appellant's right shoulder disabilities....
• CAVCCase 21-1298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-11-12
  3 He underwent a VA eye examination in March 2017,and the examiner found that the appellant's glaucoma requires continual treatment and that the appellant has advanced visual field...
• CAVCCase 20-2734 — Unknown 2020-03-03
  2 In the March 2020 decision on appeal, the Board found that the appellant....
• CAVCCase 10-0889 — Vacated 2010-01-12
  The Board noted that the appellant's service treatment records show no signs of a spine injury....
• CAVCCase 23-2946 — Dismissed 2023-07-18
  The Board noted the veteran's April 2018 submission of articles discussing the presence of benzene in groundwater located at the U....
• CAVCCase 13-1860 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2013-05-15
  In January 2012,the Board denied entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10%for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine prior to June 27,2006,and a disability rating ...