The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The combined disability rating is less than 70% and does not include at least one disability rated at 40% or more, nor does it have sufficient additional service-connected disabilities to bring the combined rating to 70% or more.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar ankylosing spondylitis, cervical spine ankylosing spondylitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0933807
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical spine ankylosing spondylitis, right hip inflammatory spondylopathy and degeneration, and left hip inflammatory spondylopathy and degeneration were denied with effective dates of April 5, 2016.,The Veteran sought earlier effective dates for his service connection claims. The Board found that the earliest available effective date was April 5, 2016, when he filed his claims.,For left hip disability, the claim to reopen was filed on April 5, 2016, and thus the effective date is based on this filing.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine ankylosing spondylitis, degenerative arthritis and spinal stenosis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU are remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations. The issues include arthritis of the body, hip replacement, and TDIU.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar ankylosing spondylitis, bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, and anxiety disorder NOS with pain disorder were denied. The effective date is not specified.
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