The Veteran's lumbar spine disorder, including degenerative disc disease and radiculopathy, warrants a 40 percent rating effective September 23, 2002. The claim for TDIU was not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed pronounced disc disease with incapacitating episodes of at least six weeks duration during the past year, warranting a higher rating than the current 20 percent assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder, degenerative disc disease, rheumatoid arthritis (implied by context as he was unable to work on discharge from Army)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0930042
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What this means for you
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