The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and cervical spine degenerative joint disease, but denied reopening the claim for an acquired nervous disorder. The claim for cerebral aneurysms was also reopened.
The deciding factor: New evidence raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, and cerebral aneurysms, while it did not do so for the claim for an acquired nervous disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, acquired nervous disorder, cerebral aneurysms
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0811184
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating in excess of the current ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable evaluation for hypertension and granted an increased rating of 20 percent for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease from April 13, 2022. The effective date for the right lower extremity radiculopathy was also granted as May 10, 2016.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 20, 2018, for the award of service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining a retrospective medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions without the use of pain medication and securing the credentials of the VA examiners.
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