The Board has determined that the veteran's mechanical low back pain syndrome does not warrant a higher disability evaluation, as his symptoms do not meet or approximate criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows moderate limitation of motion without severe impairment and no other factors warranting an increased evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Mechanical low back pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0024490
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.,The Veteran is also having his right shoulder and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome evaluated as they have not been examined in over a year.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for mechanical low back pain syndrome is remanded due to insufficient examination findings and the need for a VA examination. Additionally, if the examiner finds that his disability impacts his ability to work, he should be asked to file a TDIU application.
- 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.
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