The Board has granted an initial rating of 40 percent for the service-connected lumbar spine disability, effective October 1, 1999. The veteran's cervical spine disability is rated under Diagnostic Code 5243.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed severe functional loss due to chronic pain and residual surgery, warranting a higher rating than initially assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle strain of the neck, cervical spine radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0716829
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudicative action due to inadequate opinion in a previous VA examination regarding the etiology of the Veteran's cervical spine radiculopathy.
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