The veteran's initial rating for chronic lumbosacral strain with hip, thigh, buttocks, and calf pain was granted at a 40 percent rating from September 25, 1996 to September 23, 2002. From September 23, 2002 to April 20, 2005, the veteran's disability warranted an initial staged rating of 50 percent. Since April 20, 2005, a 60 percent rating has been assigned.
The deciding factor: The veteran's lumbar spine disability resulted in severe limitation of motion and mild incomplete paralysis of the left sciatic nerve from September 23, 2002 to April 20, 2005. Since then, it has caused pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral strain with hip, thigh, buttocks, and calf pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0827689
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are of sufficient severity to produce unemployability from September 23, 2002, to April 19, 2005.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for extraschedular ratings for his service-connected chronic lumbosacral strain with hip, thigh, buttocks, and calf pain are being remanded to the Under Secretary for Benefits or the Director of Compensation and Pension Service for consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for extraschedular consideration are being remanded due to the need to obtain his employment records from Devers Elementary School and DFAS.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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