The Veteran's back disability necessitated a temporary total rating through January 26, 2012. The Board granted an extension of the temporary total rating to January 26, 2011.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the Veteran was unable to return to work after his January 27, 2011 surgery and continued to be incapacitated by back pain beyond May 31, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease and arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1645962
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