BVA Decisions on Radiculopathy

88 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving radiculopathy — 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 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 1, 1996
  In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
• CAVCCase 95-984 — Dismissed June 14, 2001
  Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) affirmed the Court's decision that the November 1972 VARO decision did not contain CUE, but remanded the matter to determ...
• CAVCCase 94-0927 — Affirmed / Reversed January 27, 1997
  As was the case in Ramey, the BVA decision here was issued prior to the Combee opinion, and the BVA failed to address the question of direct service connection....
• CAVCCase 91-1082 — Vacated March 22, 1993
  The Board concluded that there was no evidence of MS in service or within the seven-year period for establishing service connection for MS on a presumptive basis (see 38 U....
• CAVCCase 93-644 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 14, 1995
  In February 1987, the RO confirmed its October 1986 denial of service connection for heart disease, finding that the evidence submitted was "not new and material"....
• CAVCCase 93-1111 — Affirmed / Vacated / Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 26, 1995
  A February 2, 1988, VA letter, notifying the veteran that her appeal period had expired and that new and material evidence was needed to reopen her claim, was sent to her at the Wa...
• CAVCCase 04-0185 — Vacated June 5, 2006
  McLendon argues that the Board erred in its evaluation of the evidence and that the Secretary failed to provide him with a VA medical examination pursuant to 38 U....
• BVACase 22061364 — Granted / Denied / Remanded November 2, 2022
  Establishing direct service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical, or in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service occurre...
• CAVCCase 99-132 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded / Dismissed August 16, 2000
  In May 1970, a VA regional office (VARO) determined that the appellant's schizophrenia was not related to his military service....
• CAVCCase 94-764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated April 29, 1997
  In a December 1987 decision, the Board denied the § 351 DIC claim, finding that the "veteran's death was irrespective of the treatment provided and any factor arising from the trea...
• CAVCCase 93-550 — Dismissed / Vacated December 20, 1994
  In October 1972, an RO decision on appeal found "no evidence sufficiently new and material to warrant a rating change"....
• BVACase 230405-336506 — Denied / Granted / Remanded October 7, 2025
  The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
• CAVCCase 97-1178 — Remanded / Denied / Reversed / Vacated August 17, 1999
  In an April 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's already service-connected Pott's disease (inactive and previously rated as 60% disabling pursuan...
• CAVCCase 90-858 — Reversed / Remanded / Denied / Granted August 19, 1992
  The Court holds that the Board's conclusion that November 9, 1984, is the appropriate date for the assignment of a 20% disability rating was clearly erroneous, that the Board faile...
• CAVCCase 90-720 — Vacated / Affirmed February 18, 1994
  3 On July 20, 1988, the rating board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, headaches, peripheral vascular disease, and venous insufficiency....
• BVACase 08-1951 — Reversed / Remanded
  Al- though it acknowledged that he was exposed to mortar fire and had been treated for malaria while in service, the board noted that “the earliest clinical recording of hearing im...
• CAVCCase 91-1868 — Unknown November 5, 1993
  On February 23, 1981, the Board denied an increased evaluation for the service-connected right shoulder condition and denied service connection for the other conditions, including ...
• CAVCCase 97-2180 — Denied / Affirmed February 17, 1999
  FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from an October 1, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which, inter alia, (1) found that new and material evidence had ...
• CAVCCase 90-1138 — Denied / Dismissed / Vacated / Remanded May 18, 1993
  The appellant's primary contention on appeal is that the Board erred in failing to award a service-connected rating for beriberi or beriberi heart disease....
• BVACase 24009973 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 29, 2024
  20-27 542 DATE: February 29, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent only,...
• CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992
  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
• CAVCCase 99-2210 — Denied December 20, 2001
  5 In a Supplemental Statement of the Case and Hearing Officer's Decision of August 1996, the RO sustained the prior finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to ...
• DecisionCase 25014217 — Granted / Vacated November 20, 2025
  The effective date of an award based upon receipt of new and material evidence after a final disallowance will be the date of receipt of the new claim or the date entitlement arose...
• DecisionCase 24016401 — Denied April 17, 2024
  16-34 356 DATE: April 17, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence has not been received; the petition to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for a hiatal hernia is...
• CAVCCase 97-1780 — Remanded / Vacated April 21, 1999
  The appellant also alleges that the Board failed to adjudicate his claim for an earlier effective date for his lumbosacral spine disorder and that that issue should be remanded to ...
• CAVCCase 94-149 — Reversed / Dismissed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed April 16, 1996
  In April 1971, the RO, finding the evidence submitted "not new and material to warrant a favorable reconsideration", refused to reopen the claim....
• CAVCCase 94-0384 — Affirmed February 27, 1997
  The next month, the Regional Office (RO) informed him that he was not service connected for bronchitis, but that if he wished to file a claim for that condition, he needed to submi...
• CAVCCase 01-2105 — Vacated / Remanded December 23, 2004
  Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its decision, the decision will be vacated and the matter remanded to the Board for further action...
• BVACase 23006286 — Denied / Remanded February 1, 2023
  The Veteran's cervical spine disability is not related to his active service....
• BVACase 13-395 — Unknown
  Allen had shown that he had an in-service injury (“environmental exposure”) and a present disability (sinusitis), he failed to establish a nexus ALLEN v....
• BVACase 190916-30775 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 1, 2024
  The rating of ten percent for right index finger scarring from July 31, 2006, to July 26, 2016, was not clearly erroneous, has already been restored, and since July 26, 2016, the r...
• CAVCCase 91-87 — Reversed / Vacated / Denied December 3, 1992
  The Court holds that the Board's determination that the evidence most recently submitted by the veteran was not "new and material" was correct....
• BVACase 210114-136617 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 17, 2024
  If evidence was submitted either (1) during the period after the AOJ issued the decision on appeal and prior to the date the Board received the VA Form 10182, or (2) more than 90 d...
• BVACase 20-3293 — Unknown
  Because we conclude that the Veterans Court properly interpreted the benefit of the doubt rule under 38 U....
• CAVCCase 93-228 — Vacated / Remanded March 8, 1994
  Additionally, "the Board failed to consider and discuss lay evidence of appellant's apparent personality change pre- and post-service," and "fail[ed] to provide reasons or bases fo...
• CAVCCase 95-1082 — Remanded / Reversed / Vacated June 23, 1999
  te for the assignment of a 50% schedular rating for service-connected PCS (claim 2), and found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen a previously and fina...
• CAVCCase 92-473 — Unknown February 16, 1994
  The appellant contends that the BVA failed to support its decision with sufficient reasons or bases, and that the Secretary failed to fulfill his duty to assist....
• BVACase 190610-20914 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 8, 2024
  An April 2010 rating decision denied service connection for a lower back condition on the basis that there was no evidence of a nexus to service for the Veteran's back condition....
• CAVCCase 92-1410 — Vacated / Remanded February 8, 1994
  Kightly, appeals the July 24, 1992, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen appel...
• CAVCCase 90-476 — Denied / Reversed / Vacated February 6, 1992
  On April 26, 1960, the VA Regional Office (VARO) rating board denied service connection for psychoneurosis mixed type and rupture of nucleus pulposis with nerve root compression L-...
• CAVCCase 94-688 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded September 6, 1996
  ) 6 In the April 1994 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board found that during his active military service "the veteran sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder" and that th...
• CAVCCase 92-653 — Unknown December 20, 1994
  Bielby (appellant) appeals a March 3, 1992, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) determining that the appellant had not submitted new and material evidence to ...
• CAVCCase 90-1133 — Affirmed September 30, 1992
  In the decision under appeal, the Board determined that the evidence the veteran had submitted after the 1987 decision did not provide a new factual basis for establishing the clai...
• CAVCCase 98-1410 — Dismissed / Affirmed July 21, 2000
  The Board found that further development was required with respect to the veteran's claims for headaches, insomnia, mild obstructive airway disease, metallic taste in his mouth, an...
• CAVCCase 03-1204 — Vacated / Remanded July 20, 2006
  Bradford's appeal from a May 9, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to...
• BVACase 85-279 — Reversed
  Initially, the RO treated Boggs’ 2002 claim as an attempt to reopen his 1955 claim and notified him that new and material evidence would be required to reopen his claim....
• DecisionCase 200226-72109 — Granted / Remanded May 14, 2024
  019 VA examiner's negative conclusion, which relied on the fact that the right wrist disability was not service connected at the time of the examination, the opinion's rationale is...
• CAVCCase 94-328 — Vacated / Remanded / Denied April 23, 1996
  ision denying service connection for DM and remand the matter for further consideration because the Board failed to consider whether his DM might be secondary to asserted malnutrit...
• BVACase 22-2575 — Remanded October 8, 2024
  2015 examination was inadequate for evaluation purposes and the Board's finding to the contrary was clearly erroneous") (emphasis added)....
• CAVCCase 93-288 — Affirmed November 21, 1994
  In a June 24, 1985, decision, the RO denied reopening of both the TDIU and chest-condition claims because new and material evidence had not been presented....
• CAVCCase 95-444 — Denied March 21, 1997
  A well-grounded service-connection claim generally requires medical evidence of a current disability; medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service incurrence or...
• BVACase 12-3739 — Unknown
  After twice remanding for development of the record, the Board concluded that there was insuffi- cient evidence to support Mr....
• CAVCCase 94-557 — Reversed / Denied / Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed November 14, 1997
  A June 1979 RO decision granted a 30% rating for service-connected congestive heart failure, effective on July 15, 1978, and concluded that CDD and related muscle atrophy were not ...
• CAVCCase 97-778 — Vacated / Affirmed August 27,1998
  The BVA Decision On appeal to the BVA, the Board found that the evidence did not establish that the sexual assault had occurred in service and denied the appellant's claim for serv...
• CAVCCase 03-1021 — Affirmed / Vacated / Dismissed / Remanded September 15, 2006
  In the first decision (Decision 1), the Board denied an effective date earlier than April 20, 1993, for the award of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) an...
• BVACase 23047014 — Denied August 24, 2023
  ion nor the September 2020 addendum opinion address the October 1985 VA examination;" and (2) "[I]t failed to address the probative value of the May 2002 private medical opinion....
• BVACase 200826-106084 — Granted / Remanded February 15, 2024
  Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
• DecisionCase 240517-440505 — Denied / Remanded / Granted May 30, 2025
  Continuity of symptomatology may be shown by demonstrating "(1) that a condition was 'noted' during service or any applicable presumption period; (2) evidence of post-service conti...
• BVACase 210425-155589 — Denied / Remanded December 20, 2024
  To the extent the evidence is found in "approximate balance," the Board will afford the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran....
• CAVCCase 91-1565 — Unknown June 11, 1993
  On January 15, 1980, a medical board noted appellant's "chronic persistent mild to moderate right hemiscrotal discomfort" and recommended that appellant would be more effective if ...
• BVACase 23062292 — Denied November 22, 2023
  Thus, the Board finds that VA has satisfied the duty to assist....
• CAVCCase 93-595 — Denied August 11, 1995
  FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from a March 2, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which declined to reopen the appellant's claim for service connecti...
• CAVCCase 91-1457 — Denied / Vacated April 15, 1993
  The Board determined that this lack of identification casts a cloud over the propriety of the separation....
• CAVCCase 93-1213 — Unknown October 5, 1995
  In the September 1993 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied entitlement to a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes based on a finding that the veteran'...
• BVACase 21-6135 — Unknown
  Under the heading “Summary of Evidence and Adjudication Actions,” the Statement of the Case lists and describes the alleged new and material evidence, including the February 20, 19...
• BVACase 230831-373372 — Denied / Granted September 28, 2023
  , there is a nexus, or link, between something that happened in service and the Veteran's disability....
• CAVCCase 02-793 — Reversed September 14, 2004
  As to the applicable definition of blindness, the Board concluded as follows: The argument has also been made that the applicable regulatory provisions of 38 U....
• CAVCCase 98-664 — Unknown July 7, 1999
  In the January 1998 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied as not well grounded multiple claims under 38 U....
• BVACase 210614-166291 — Denied August 21, 2024
  The Board must analyze the competency and credibility of the evidence, account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive and provide the reasons for its reje...
• CAVCCase 92-483 — Vacated / Remanded February 10, 1994
  The appellant claims the Board erred in determining that a 1986 grant of service connection was clearly and unmistakably erroneous....
• CAVCCase 91-1052 — Vacated January 6, 1993
  If the claim on appeal is a reopened claim and was properly reopened on the basis of new and material evidence under 38 U....
• BVACase 24031104 — Denied September 25, 2024
  In the JMPR, the parties agreed the Board provided an inadequate statement of reasons and bases for its decision to the extent that it failed to address the probative value of an O...
• BVACase 23052736 — Granted / Denied / Remanded September 22, 2023
  New and material evidence has been associated with the claims file since the prior final denial of entitlement to service connection for IBS in September 2013....
• CAVCCase 93-419 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 2, 1994
  In balancing the evidence, the Board found the absence of objective evidence documenting multiple sclerosis during service or within the seven-year presumption period following ser...
• BVACase 23008764 — Granted February 9, 2023
  A timely substantive appeal was received in August 2018 and the claim was subsequently remanded by the Board in a June 2019 decision in order to obtain a VA medical nexus opinion....
• CAVCCase 90-673 — Vacated / Denied / Remanded December 13, 1991
  Because the BVA failed to consider adequately all the evidence in the record and give sufficient "reasons or bases" for its decision, and because the Veterans' Administration (now ...
• CAVCCase 92-1263 — Denied / Affirmed November 1, 1995
  In the September 4, 1992, decision here on appeal, the Board determined, at the outset of its analysis, that because the appellant's claim was "plausible" he had "submitted a well-...
• BVACase 220321-229078 — Denied / Remanded / Granted October 29, 2024
  Service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravatio...
• BVACase 24032573 — Denied November 1, 2024
  The Board must analyze the competency and credibility of the evidence, account for the evidence which it finds to be persuasive or unpersuasive and provide the reasons for its reje...
• CAVCCase 91-277 — Affirmed May 24, 1993
  determined that service connection remains denied as this evidence is not considered new and material....