The veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability is rated at 60 percent, the maximum available rating under Diagnostic Code 5293 for pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome. The other conditions are not granted as service connected.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability meets the criteria for a 60 percent evaluation based on pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome with persistent symptoms compatible with neuropathy and characteristic pain, resulting in a grant of benefits under direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- status post C4-5 anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion with bilateral C4-5, C5-6, right partial hemilaminectomy and foraminotomy, lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease, chondromalacia of the left knee, left shoulder injury, hearing loss, tinnitus, Meniere's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0207394
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement syndrome, hearing loss, painful scar, patellofemoral pain syndromes of the knees, and other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Meniere's disease, to include benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), secondary to tinnitus and dismissed the claims for a left knee disability, right knee disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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