The Board has granted an increased evaluation for the veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease, L4-5, with right radiculopathy and a total disability rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the veteran's back disorder had limited his ability to work due to flare-ups of pain and inability to perform physical tasks required by his job. The Board found that he met the criteria for TDIU as one service-connected disability (back disorder) rated at least 40% disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, L4-5, right radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0806037
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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.
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