The Veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease is rated at 40 percent, and his left and right leg external popliteal nerve disabilities are each rated at 10 percent. The appeal was granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations consistently showed the Veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease as productive of flexion to 80 degrees, extension to 20 degrees, and limited range of motion due to pain. His left and right leg external popliteal nerve disabilities were also rated based on their respective symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease, left leg external popliteal nerve symptomatology, right leg external popliteal nerve symptomatology
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1038009
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA, as well as the claim for a higher rating for his low back disability, were denied. However, the Board granted an effective date of December 30, 2009, but no earlier, for both TDIU and DEA.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to a rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease, as the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the current severity and functional impairment.
- Dismissed
The appeal for entitlement to left hip injury, right hip injury, and right hand injury was dismissed as these issues were not properly appealed. The remaining claims are remanded for further development.
- Denied
The claim for a higher rating than 20 percent for lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease was denied because the veteran did not attend a scheduled VA examination.
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