The Veteran's service-connected herniated disc at L4-5 and L5-S1 is currently rated as 20 percent disabling. The Board finds that the current rating adequately compensates for his disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's back pain, radiating along the lateral aspect of the right lower extremity down to the toes of the foot, was noted during the March 2009 VA examination and is consistent with a 20 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Herniated disc at L4-5 and L5-S1, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2014
- Citation
- 1412955
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