The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for the veteran's lumbosacral spine disorder, effective from July 1993. The claim for peripheral neuropathy was reopened and service connection was established.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had significant functional impairment due to his lumbosacral spine disorder, warranting a higher rating than what was initially assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disorder, peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0209237
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher initial rating for other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, service connection for peripheral neuropathy, a skin disorder of the genital region, and a right knee disability. The claim for sleep apnea was remanded.
- Granted
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