The Veteran's disc disease of the lumbar spine is found to be secondary to his service-connected bilateral sacroiliac strain. The claim for a psychiatric disability remains pending.
The deciding factor: Degenerative disc disease was found to be related to the service-connected bilateral sacroiliac strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic acquired psychiatric disability, Disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1031953
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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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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment due to his back disability, tinnitus, and allergic rhinitis.
- Denied
The VA determined that there is no evidence linking the veteran's current disc disease of the lumbar spine to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disability is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.
- Granted
The veteran's lumbar spine disc disease was initially rated at 10 percent from September 1, 1994, to August 23, 1995. From August 24, 1995, the disability was rated at 20 percent.
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