The Board found that the veteran's lumbar injury disability did not improve to a degree warranting restoration of a 40% rating, and thus upheld the reduction from 40% to 20%.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed consistent complaints and findings indicative of a 40% disability level.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0100271
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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