The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for service-connected lumbar strain with spondylosis from March 6, 1995, through August 15, 2001.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed moderate limitation of motion and additional functional loss due to pain, warranting the maximum 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5292.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain with spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0408937
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Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's lumbar strain with spondylosis and left lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's lumbar strain with spondylosis and left lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to a service-connected disability is denied.,The Veteran's request for restoration of a 40 percent rating for lumbar strain with spondylosis and a rating in excess of 10 percent is remanded.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for back impairment has been reopened and granted. Service connection is also granted for neck, left shoulder, right shoulder, left knee, and right knee impairments. The claims for these other conditions are remanded.
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