The veteran's lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease at L4-5 is currently rated as 20 percent disabling, effective September 26, 2003. The claim for TDIU remains pending.
The deciding factor: The RO granted a 20 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease at L4-5 effective from September 26, 2003, based on the current criteria and evidence of record. The claim for TDIU remains unresolved.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain, degenerative disc disease at L4-5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0612232
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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.
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