The Board has determined that the Veteran's thoracic spine disability warrants a 20 percent rating, as per the current schedular criteria.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show an exceptional disability picture that would render application of the regular schedular standards impractical for the service-connected thoracic spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes in the thoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0917656
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