The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is adequately considered under the schedular criteria and does not represent an exceptional disability picture that would warrant an extraschedular rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show marked interference with employment or frequent hospitalizations, which are factors for consideration in determining whether an extraschedular rating is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back pain with sciatica, Status post L-4 to sacrum fusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1224740
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's case requires further development due to incomplete medical records and a need for additional examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for his low back disability is being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records, a new VA examination, and compliance with previous Board directives.
- Whole decision: Denied
The VA has determined that the veteran's low back pain with sciatica does not warrant a higher initial evaluation, as it only manifests as characteristic pain on motion without evidence of current intervertebral disc disease.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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