The Veteran's recurrent lumbosacral strain has been granted a 20 percent disability rating, effective from the date of his current claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran experiences weekly flare-ups and muscle spasm, guarding severe enough to result in an abnormal gait, and reduced lordosis, which more nearly approximates the criteria for a 20 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0908979
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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