The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome of the thoracic and lumbar spine, effective from April 30, 2004.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome without complete bony fixation or vertebral fracture with spinal cord involvement.
- Claimed conditions
- intervertebral disc syndrome of the thoracic and lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0825327
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What this means for you
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