The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and right lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as his claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints. The RO continued a previously assigned 40 percent rating on the basis of chronic orthopedic manifestations under Diagnostic Code 5293 (2003) and assigned a separate rating for radiculopathy based on chronic neurologic manifestations.
The deciding factor: The appellant's disability picture did not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain or in excess of 10 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy, and his arthritis was found to be proximately due to or the result of his service-connected lumbosacral strain disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, arthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0623417
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