The Veteran's low back disability is rated at a 60 percent rating, effective October 18, 2014. The claim for an earlier effective date was denied.
The deciding factor: The earliest date in which it was factually ascertainable that the Veteran’s low back disability met the 20 percent disability rating criteria was October 18, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back strain with degenerative disc disease at L5-S1, spondylolysis L5, grade I anterior spondylolisthesis L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18111344
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's spondylolisthesis L5-S1 with spondylolysis L5 and levoscoliosis with disc bulging L2-L5 results in forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine ranging from 50 to 90 degrees, associated with pain. The disability does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as it does not result in ankylosis or incapacitating episodes requiring bed rest prescribed by a physician and treatment by a physician.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the current medical evidence is insufficient to decide the claim for service connection, and a new VA examination is needed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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