The veteran's service-connected arthritis of the lumbar spine is currently rated at 40 percent, and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support additional disability warranting a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0100252
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of the lumbar spine has been reopened and granted. The claim for right hip strain is remanded due to lack of a VA examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for intervertebral disc syndrome with arthritis of the lumbar spine are being remanded due to incomplete VA and private treatment records, as well as a need for retrospective findings that fully satisfy the requirements of Correia v. McDonald.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the lumbar spine, finding that it is related to the Veteran's active service and resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a low back condition was granted. However, the claim itself remains denied as there is no evidence showing that the current low back condition was incurred in or aggravated by service.
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