The veteran's low back disability, including degenerative disc disease with compression fracture at L1, is currently rated as 40 percent disabling. The Board has determined that the evidence does not support a higher rating under the old version of Diagnostic Code 5293 for intervertebral disc syndrome.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disability picture did not meet or approximate the criteria for a 60 percent rating under the old version of Diagnostic Code 5293, which requires pronounced impairment with persistent symptoms compatible with sciatic neuropathy and certain neurological findings. The evidence showed intermittent rather than consistent neurologic deficits.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, compression fracture at L1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0608687
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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