The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 60 percent for lumbosacral strain with traumatic arthritis, finding that the disability picture did not warrant such a higher rating based on the current evidence.
The deciding factor: The RO found that the veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain with traumatic arthritis was manifested by pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome without ankylosis of the lumbar spine or moderately severe incomplete sciatic nerve paralysis, which did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 60 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0636265
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What this means for you
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