The veteran's service-connected low back strain with degenerative arthritis is currently rated at 20 percent, but the Board finds that this rating is not warranted given his current range of motion and symptoms.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current range of motion does not meet the criteria for a higher disability evaluation under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0714922
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