The veteran's claims for higher disability ratings and service connection have been granted. The specific conditions include traumatic arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, cervical spine, thoracic spine, and dermatitis. Service connection has also been established for erectile dysfunction.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on medical evidence linking current symptoms to service, while higher disability ratings were granted based on the severity of the veteran's conditions as per the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, Traumatic arthritis of the thoracic spine, Dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0611461
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Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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