The Board has granted a 60 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease and herniated nucleus pulposus of the lumbosacral spine, finding that the symptoms meet the criteria for such an increased rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome with sciatic neuropathy, demonstrable muscle spasm, absent ankle jerk, and little intermittent relief from symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease, Lumbosacral Spine, Herniated Nucleus Pulposus at L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2001
- Citation
- 0105225
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What this means for you
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