The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for residuals of lumbar injury and radiculopathy of the lower extremities has been granted. The Veteran is currently rated 10% for both right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, effective January 11, 2010.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations supported the current ratings based on mild to moderate symptoms with no ankylosis or incapacitating episodes.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral injury, radiculopathy of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2016
- Citation
- 1638895
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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)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and providing the Veteran with VA examinations to assess her service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a lumbosacral injury, which is rated at 40 percent, does not meet the criteria for an extraschedular rating due to lack of evidence showing marked interference with employment or frequent hospitalization.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of lumbosacral injury have been rated at 20 percent since the effective date of service connection. The current range of motion does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable VA rating schedule.
- Denied
The Board finds that the effective date for a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral injury should be July 24, 2002, as this is when the entitlement arose. The veteran's claim was not received until February 9, 1999.
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