The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for the veteran's lumbar pain with spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis pars interarticularis at L5-S1, effective from July 10, 2004.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran had significant degenerative changes in his lumbar spine, particularly at the L5-S1 level, with paraspinal tenderness and limitation of motion consistent with these findings. The overall disability picture more closely approximated the criteria for a 40 percent rating under Code 5293.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar pain, spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0612214
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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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- Granted
The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability since September 26, 2024.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar pain, hypoesthesia and paresthesia of the right lower extremity, left sciatic radicular pain, hypoesthesia, and paresthesia of the left lower extremity, and OSA as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder. The Veteran was also granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for his service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his lumbar spine disability to obtain additional medical evidence regarding the severity of his condition without the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from March 1, 2021, and an effective date of March 1, 2021, for eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
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