The VA has granted an increased evaluation of 40 percent for the veteran's service-connected chronic lumbar strain, effective from the date of the May 2003 rating decision. The veteran's claim for TDIU remains pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran’s service-connected chronic lumbar strain was severe enough to warrant a higher evaluation or meet the criteria for ankylosis, which would allow for a higher rating under the revised criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic lumbar strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0633662
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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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