The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for the veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, finding severe limitation of motion. The current 10 percent rating for sinusitis and rhinitis is maintained.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows severe limitation of motion in the lumbar spine, warranting a higher evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5292/5293.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral Strain with Degenerative Disc Disease, Sinusitis and Rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2002
- Citation
- 0214674
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