The veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain is rated at 40 percent, and his anxiety reaction with tension headaches is rated at 30 percent. The veteran has not met the criteria for a higher rating under either diagnostic code.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support an increase in ratings beyond those currently assigned due to the current symptomatology of the service-connected conditions being within the scope of the existing disability ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral Strain, Anxiety Reaction with Tension Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639182
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for posttraumatic stress disorder with substance abuse and a rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and a right hip disorder but granted a rating of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain effective from February 7, 2024.
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