The veteran's low back disability, characterized as chronic right sacroiliac strain, is rated at 60 percent disabling according to applicable schedular criteria. The veteran also meets the criteria for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the veteran's symptoms and findings warrant a higher evaluation of 60 percent, reflecting the severity of his chronic right sacroiliac strain.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right sacroiliac strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0109632
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to issues related to right sacroiliac strain and radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity. The Veteran is also entitled to a TDIU effective April 23, 2013.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an increased evaluation of 40 percent for his chronic right sacroiliac strain. The issue regarding secondary service connection for degenerative disc/joint disease and/or any other spinal disability is not explicitly addressed in this decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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