The veteran's PTSD is rated at 30 percent, and his degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine is rated at 10 percent. Both conditions are currently evaluated based on their direct service connection without any presumption or secondary linkage.
The deciding factor: PTSD and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine were granted but remain at their current assigned ratings, which do not meet the criteria for a higher rating under VA's Schedule for Rating Disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Degenerative Joint Disease of the Lumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0030947
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