The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine due to aggravation by his service-connected foot disabilities, and assigned a disability rating of 20%.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions have shown that the veteran's service-connected foot disabilities have aggravated his low back disorder, resulting in an increased degree of disability over what would be expected from natural progression alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0019634
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- Granted
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