The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes warrants a 10 percent rating, and his mild incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve of the right leg warrants a separate 10 percent rating. The veteran is not entitled to higher ratings based on incapacitating episodes or other criteria.
The deciding factor: The VA examination findings did not meet the criteria for an increased rating under either the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine or the Formula for Rating Intervertebral Disc Syndrome Based on Incapacitating Episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes, mild incomplete paralysis of the sciatic nerve of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0817472
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA examinations and private treatment records. The issues include increased rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes, service connection for bilateral leg disability and migraine headaches, and TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening of the claim for service connection for chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes and denied entitlement to service connection for bilateral hip pain, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or a service-connected condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 40 percent for chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes was dismissed due to withdrawal. The appeal for TDIU was also dismissed as the Veteran does not meet the schedular criteria and there is no evidence of unemployability based on service-connected disabilities alone.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation and service connection have been remanded.,His claims for reopening of service connection for migraine headaches and bilateral hearing loss were granted.
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