The veteran's DDD at L4-5 with right hip pain is granted a 60 percent evaluation effective February 26, 1998 and increased to 40 percent effective February 19, 1999.
The deciding factor: The objective evidence supports a finding of entitlement to an evaluation of 60 percent for the service-connected DDD at L4-5 with right hip pain from the effective date of the original grant of service connection due to persistent symptoms compatible with sciatic neuropathy and neurological findings appropriate to the site of the diseased disc.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) at L4-5, Right Hip Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0026896
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The appeal seeking an effective date earlier than December 17, 2012 for the award of service connection for right hip pain is dismissed. The Veteran's initial disability rating for his service-connected right hip pain remains at 10 percent.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
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