The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than November 7, 2007 for a grant of a 40 percent evaluation for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome was granted. The current rating is based on direct service connection and not due to any presumption or exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disability has been rated as direct service connection, without any indication of presumptive conditions related to Agent Orange exposure, Camp Lejeune, or other specific exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1509745
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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