The Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine is currently rated at 40 percent, effective September 26, 2003. The rating was granted as a direct result of his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's low back disability warranted a 40 percent rating based on severe limitation of motion and pronounced intervertebral disc syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, left sciatica, left leg and foot numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1018118
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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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- Dismissed
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