The veteran's service-connected lumbar spine and cervical spine disorders have been granted initial evaluations of 20 percent each, effective January 1, 2001. The right ankle inversion injury and right eye residuals are not rated as compensable.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no more than moderate limitation of motion in the lumbar spine and cervical spine, without severe limitations or ankylosis. The veteran's right eye injuries have not been clinically shown to impair vision.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Arthritis, Lumbar Spine, Inversion Injury of the Right Ankle, Recurrent Strain, Cervical Spine, Residuals of a Right Eye Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0630731
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