The Board has granted a 60 percent disability rating for the veteran's low back syndrome with degenerative joint disease, which is the maximum available under the applicable criteria.
The deciding factor: The veteran's low back syndrome was characterized as severe upon VA examination and provided evidence of characteristic pain and neurological findings appropriate to the site of the diseased disc, leading to a determination that it more nearly approximated pronounced disability under Diagnostic Code 5293 than severe disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Syndrome, Degenerative Joint Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0016220
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