The Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability was granted a 40 percent rating effective from February 13, 2006 to December 5, 2006. The Veteran's radiculopathy of the right lower extremity due to her service-connected lumbar spine disability was also granted a separate 10 percent rating effective from February 13, 2006 to December 5, 2006.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the Veteran's lumbar spine disability met the criteria for a 40 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine effective from February 13, 2006 to December 5, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine strain, traumatic degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1024301
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Granted
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