The Board has granted a rating of 60 percent for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a laminectomy at L4 and L5, finding that these symptoms meet the criteria for pronounced intervertebral disc disease.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated severe limitation of motion, radiculopathy, and pain in the lower extremities, which approximated the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5293 (intervertebral disc disease).
- Claimed conditions
- laminectomy at L4 and L5, radiculopathy, chronic low back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 2, 2000
- Citation
- 0005729
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