The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbar spine warrants a 40 percent evaluation, effective from August 15, 1995.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows moderate limitation of motion in the low back, which is sufficient to warrant a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5292 for severe limitation of lumbar spine motion.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint and disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0008365
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's lumbar strain and sciatic nerve disabilities are being remanded for further evaluation due to the need for updated VA examinations. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
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