The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is rated at 60 percent, and he is granted TDIU effective from July 17, 2005. The claim for a higher rating based on the musculoskeletal back disability remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of unfavorable ankylosis or any associated objective neurologic abnormalities that would warrant a higher rating than 40 percent under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Musculoskeletal back disability (lumbar spine or low back disability), Neurological impairment of the right lower extremity, Neurological impairment of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- July 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1630281
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