The Board has granted a 60 percent evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected DDD of the lumbar spine on an extra-schedular basis, finding that his disability picture presents such an exceptional or unusual case as to render impractical the application of the regular schedular standards.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the Veteran unable to engage in light, moderate, or heavy work and qualified for sedentary work only one-third of a typical workday, warranting an extra-schedular evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary disability, DDD of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1219703
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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