The Board has determined that the veteran's lumbar myositis and strain with radiculopathy at L5-S1 warrants a disability rating in excess of 20 percent, but additional development is needed to determine if the criteria for such an increase have been met.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence was required to determine if the veteran's service-connected lumbar myositis and strain with radiculopathy at L5-S1 warranted a disability rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar myositis, strain with radiculopathy at L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0317554
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar myositis, degenerative disc disease, other than intervertebral disc syndrome, and obstructive sleep apnea.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 14, 2010, for the assignment of a 40 percent disability rating for lumbar myositis.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, specifically lumbar myositis, right ankle injury residuals, and hemorrhoids, have rendered him unable to work since April 8, 2011. His TDIU is granted effective from that date, as well as his eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 USC chapter 35.
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