The Board found that the veteran's service-connected low back disability is not exceptional or unusual, and thus does not meet the criteria for an extraschedular rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran's service-connected low back disability presented such an exceptional or unusual picture as to render impractical the application of the regular schedular standards.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0840748
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