The Board denied an increased rating for lumbosacral strain during the period prior to March 7, 2009 and determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for entitlement to a temporary total rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 based on a need for convalescence following left knee surgery in May 1991.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lumbosacral strain was manifested by flexion limited to 80 degrees and no muscle spasm or guarding severe enough to result in an abnormal gait or spinal contour. The evidence received since the September 1991 decision is not new and material, and thus the claim for a temporary total rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 was not reopened.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1129924
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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