The Board has granted a 60% evaluation for the veteran's low back disorder, which is currently rated as 40%. The veteran also meets criteria for TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's low back disorder is severe and causes marked impairment of function, warranting a higher rating. Additionally, he has other service-connected conditions that prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder (degenerative disc disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0017413
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for low back and left knee disorders due to inadequate opinions in previous examinations. The claims are now pending again.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for low back disorder, right leg disorder, and left leg disorder. The Board also found that his preexisting psychiatric disorder was not aggravated by active duty.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the low back disorder effective from February 26, 2005.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's low back disorder and bilateral leg disorder were not incurred or aggravated by service, including as due to an undiagnosed illness. The VA examinations did not support his claims.
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