The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected disruption in the right sacroiliac joint with degenerative changes and degenerative disc disease at L5-S1, effective from the date of the decision. The veteran is also granted TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current disability picture warrants a higher rating than what was previously assigned under Diagnostic Code 5293 for intervertebral disc syndrome, given the pronounced nature of his symptoms and their impact on daily life. The TDIU claim is granted as the veteran's service-connected disabilities are found to be of such severity that they preclude substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Disruption in the right sacroiliac joint, Degenerative changes and degenerative disc disease at L5-S1, Pubic symphysis diastasis, Residuals of a fracture to the right clavicle, Residuals of a pelvic fracture, Duodenal ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0724429
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