The Board has granted service connection for a herniated disc, L4-5 with left lower extremity radiculopathy and assigned a 20 percent rating. The veteran's claim for a higher rating remains pending.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim was initially denied but later granted with the current 20 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- herniated disc, L4-5 with left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0334641
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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.
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