The veteran's lumbar spine lordosis does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent, but her chronic adjustment disorder warrants a 30 percent rating. No compensable rating is warranted for muscle tension headaches.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an increased rating for the lumbar spine lordosis or a compensable rating for muscle tension headaches; however, the veteran's chronic adjustment disorder was characterized by moderate impairment of occupational and social functioning, warranting a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine lordosis, chronic adjustment disorder, muscle tension headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0903493
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,613 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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