The Veteran's lumbar spine surgery resulting from his service-connected low back strain resulted in a temporary total rating of 100% for six months following the surgery.
The deciding factor: The surgery necessitated at least one month of convalescence, meeting the criteria for a temporary total disability rating under § 4.30.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain, lumbar stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- A19000288
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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