The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected lumbar spine disability, effective November 25, 2008, was granted. The Veteran is now rated at 20 percent for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's lumbar spine disability resulted in forward flexion limited to 50 degrees and a combined range of motion less than 120 degrees, which meets the criteria for a 20 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease/degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine, Neurologic impairment of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1418627
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative disc disease/degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine is rated at 40 percent from November 25, 2008 to January 12, 2010. His neurologic impairment of the left lower extremity associated with the lumbar spine disability is also rated at 20 percent during this period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing the Veteran with a VA examination to evaluate her neurologic impairment of the lower extremities. The issues of rating ratings for these conditions are being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and consideration, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding the etiology of the Veteran's low back disorder.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's DDD of the lumbosacral spine was granted a 40 percent rating effective April 1, 2005.,A separate 10 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy was granted effective October 5, 2011.
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