The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for chronic lumbar strain and a 20 percent disability rating for chronic right ankle strain, both of which are currently rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated moderate to severe limitation of motion in the veteran's lumbar spine and right ankle, warranting higher ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lumbar Strain, Chronic Right Ankle Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0101308
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities have not rendered him unable to obtain or perform substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted from October 3, 2014, due to his service-connected PTSD, lumbar spine, and right knee disabilities preventing him from obtaining substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and maintain gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a TDIU from September 1, 2018.
- Denied
The Veteran's ED is not found to be secondary to his service-connected conditions of chronic lumbar strain and left shoulder biceps tendinitis, and the Board denied service connection for this condition.
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