The Board denied the appellant's claims for an increased rating for his service-connected lumbar spine disability and for a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher schedular rating under the applicable diagnostic codes, as there was no medical evidence showing incapacitating episodes or separately ratable neurological manifestations to be combined with orthopedic manifestations. The appellant's entire spine was also found not unfavorably ankylosed.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of a herniated nucleus pulposus of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613221
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