The veteran's back disability is rated at 10 percent disabling, and her anxiety disorder is rated at 30 percent disabling. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating for either condition.,There are no indications of service connection via the PACT Act, Agent Orange exposure, Camp Lejeune, radiation exposure, Gulf War Syndrome, or new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran's back disability has been productive of subjective complaints of pain but does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on range of motion. Her anxiety disorder has not demonstrated symptoms warranting a 50 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0830009
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