The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a higher than 20 percent rating for his lumbosacral strain with minimal degenerative changes, L4-5, or for a higher than 10 percent rating for his chronic left L5-S1 radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the Veteran's range of motion and functional loss did not meet the criteria for a higher than 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain, nor did they find evidence of incapacitating episodes as required for a higher than 40 percent rating for radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with minimal degenerative changes, L4-5, chronic left L5-S1 radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2018
- Citation
- 1811604
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