The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine disc disease, spondylosis, and spondylolisthesis. The issue of service connection for diabetes mellitus with polyneuropathy is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's preexisting spondylolysis was aggravated by his military service, warranting service connection for lumbar spine disc disease, spondylosis, and spondylolisthesis. The issue of service connection for diabetes mellitus with polyneuropathy is remanded.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disc disease, spondylosis, spondylolisthesis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1039993
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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 Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability since September 26, 2024.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his lumbar spine disability to obtain additional medical evidence regarding the severity of his condition without the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Granted
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