The veteran's service-connected residuals of a lower back injury are productive of a disability picture that more nearly approximates pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome with incapacitating episodes having a total duration of at least six weeks during the past 12 months, warranting a 60 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence shows persistent symptoms of pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome and incapacitating episodes lasting at least six weeks in the past year.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a lower back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0308888
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,500 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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