The Board granted the veteran's claim, assigning a 20 percent disability rating for his chronic low back strain with degenerative disc disease as of the effective date of the new rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the veteran's condition met the criteria for a 20 percent rating under the revised rating criteria for spine disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back strain with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0601649
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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