The Board denied the veteran's claims for a temporary total rating based on surgery to treat a herniated disc at L3-L4 and an increased disability rating for recurrent low back pain with degenerative changes. The reasons given were that the July 2004 surgery was not related to his service-connected disability of recurrent low back pain with degenerative changes.
The deciding factor: The December 2004 C&P examiner concluded that the protruding L3-L4 disc was the result of the injury in July 2004, and not related to the veteran's service-connected disability. The veteran's lay descriptions were found insufficient to establish a medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent low back pain with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0822593
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