The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates for his lower back disability, dysthymia, obesity, and sinus bradycardia. The veteran was not granted a higher rating or an earlier effective date under any of these claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the need for higher ratings based on the severity of the veteran's conditions as per the current VA rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disability, dysthymia, obesity, sinus bradycardia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624565
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a lower back disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during his service and has progressively worsened since separation.
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