The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected lumbosacral strain with bulging disc and radiculopathy has been granted, resulting in a 60 percent disability rating effective from the date of the RO's determination. The current rating is 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA raised the schedular rating assigned for the veteran's service-connected low back disability to 60 percent on April 14, 1997, based on additional evidence showing pronounced disability due to intervertebral disc syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with bulging disc and radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0021516
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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.
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for lumbosacral strain with bulging disc and radiculopathy due to his withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain with bulging disc and radiculopathy is currently manifested by subjective complaints of low back pain and pain radiating down the extremities, resulting in severe limitation of motion. The Board finds that the evidence does not support an evaluation in excess of 40 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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