The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected mechanical low back pain, effective from September 26, 2003. The other issues were not addressed as they are not currently before the Board.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran's lumbosacral strain met the criteria for a 40 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine, effective from September 26, 2003. The other issues were not addressed as they are not currently before the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- Mechanical low back pain, Migraine headaches with vertigo, Patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee, Patellofemoral pain syndrome of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0704102
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the appeal for service connection of mechanical low back pain, finding no current disability and concluding that the March 1999 rating decision was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for a painful left knee scar and remanded the other issues for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased disability rating in excess of 20 percent for the service-connected back disability and an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Partly granted
The Board denied ratings in excess of the current assigned ratings for the Veteran's left and right ankle injuries, chronic kidney disease, and patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee. However, a 10 percent rating was granted for hypertension.
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