The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected spondylolysis of the lumbosacral spine does not warrant a schedular rating in excess of 20 percent, but granted a separate 10 percent evaluation for numbness in each lower extremity due to the disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any incapacitating episodes or other factors that would warrant an extraschedular rating.
- Claimed conditions
- spondylolysis of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1024401
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