The Veteran is granted a separate, 40 percent disability rating for the side effects of the medications used to treat his service-connected lumbosacral strain.,An effective date of October 11, 1995, is assigned for the award of TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's medication side effects (fatigue, sedation, hazy state) are considered a separate disability from his service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral Strain, Depression associated with lumbosacral strain (rated under DC 4.130)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1800348
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What this means for you
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