The Board found that the veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of L4-5 did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The objective assessment of the veteran's present service-connected lumbar spine disability suggested she did not have sufficient symptoms to warrant an evaluation in excess of 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of L4-5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0802758
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