The Board has granted a rating of 40 percent for the veteran's service-connected lumbar strain with radiculopathy, effective from February 28, 2003.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and MRI findings supported the need for an increased rating due to significant spinal stenosis and nerve root displacement.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain with radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0629312
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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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