The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, which includes arthritis and discogenic changes.
The deciding factor: The VA examination findings supported the need for a higher rating due to severe degenerative arthritis and discogenic disease with significant functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the dorsal and lumbar spine, Discogenic disease, Scoliosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0005272
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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