The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar spine disability, finding that a higher rating is not warranted based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports and other medical records do not support the need for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code or theory of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar paravertebral fibromyositis, discogenic disease with herniated nucleus pulposus at L4-L5 and L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1705841
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