The Board has granted a 40 percent evaluation for the veteran's back disability, which is currently rated as 20 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows severe impairment due to disc disease with functional limitations and pain, warranting a higher rating under DC 5293.
- Claimed conditions
- Back injury with lumbar degenerative disc disease, L5 radiculopathy, Left foot drop
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0211382
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's left ankle, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left foot drop, and other conditions.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran no longer meets the criteria for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of his left foot, and thus the discontinuance was proper. The same applies to automobile and adaptive equipment and specially adapted housing eligibility.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the denial of a TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate development, specifically regarding the service connection for L5 radiculopathy. The Veteran's claim is being returned for further examination and opinion.
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