The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbosacral strain and cervical strain, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under applicable schedular criteria.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not provide sufficient basis to warrant an award of a higher than 20 percent rating for either condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, cervical strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2000
- Citation
- 0014512
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