The Board has granted service connection for traumatic arthritis of the lumbosacral spine and assigned a 10 percent rating, effective August 26, 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disability was rated based on limitation of motion under Diagnostic Code 5010 and lumbosacral strain under Diagnostic Code 5295. The RO applied the correct versions of these criteria as of September 26, 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic arthritis of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0605852
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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