The Board has determined that the veteran's lumbar spine L4-5 disc disease with radiculopathy in the left leg warrants a 60 percent evaluation under the old and new schedule for rating spine disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran has incapacitating episodes of intervertebral disc syndrome, which resulted in significant functional impairment and required bed rest prescribed by a physician.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease at the L4-5 level, Sciatic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0635612
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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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