The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected low back disability warrants a 40 percent rating, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and medical records showed limited range of motion in the lumbar spine with moderate weakness and fatigability but no diagnosis of intervertebral disc syndrome or herniated nucleus pulposus.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain with spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 25, 2007
- Citation
- 0730217
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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 Veteran's claim for service connection for low back pain with spondylosis was denied in a March 1974 rating decision and again in a September 1985 Board decision. The most recent denial is considered final, as the Veteran did not appeal it. New evidence submitted since then does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a videoconference hearing before the Board.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his service-connected low back pain with spondylosis is being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and assessments.
- Denied
The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from obtaining or retaining employment consistent with his abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Therefore, he does not meet the criteria for vocational rehabilitation training.
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