The Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine resulted in muscle spasm or guarding severe enough to result in an abnormal gait or spinal contour such as scoliosis, reversed lordosis, or kyphosis. The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine resulted in muscle spasm and guarding severe enough to result in an abnormal gait or spinal contour such as scoliosis, reversed lordosis, or kyphosis.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1048034
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