The Board has granted a disability rating of 30 percent for residuals of a neck injury with associated headaches, effective July 20, 2001. The veteran is also entitled to Paragraph 30 benefits based on need for convalescence following L4-5 and L5-S1 anterior discectomy and anterior fusion performed on December 19, 2001.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the veteran's residuals of a neck injury with associated headaches warrant a disability rating of 30 percent. The Paragraph 30 benefits are granted based on the need for convalescence following surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a neck injury with associated headaches, Degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine (not established)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0713623
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