The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine disorder and determined that he is unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, meeting the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The VA examination revealed severe symptoms including pain, muscle spasms, and neurological findings. The veteran's combined disability evaluation meets the requirements set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with spondylolisthesis with lumbar fusion and intervertebral disc syndrome, hypertension, donor site fracture of the left iliac crest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0206069
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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.
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