The Board denied entitlement to a referral for an extraschedular evaluation in excess of 60 percent for lumbosacral strain with arthritis.
The deciding factor: The disability picture presented is not unusual or exceptional and is adequately contemplated by the rating schedule.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0902084
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the evaluation of lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine was granted, while other claims were remanded.
- Granted
The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities starting from April 20, 2010.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed because the veteran passed away during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of lumbosacral strain with arthritis and cervical strain with arthritis, as the earliest permissible effective date was assigned.
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