The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for an effective date of May 8, 2015 for a 40 percent rating for her lumbar spine disc herniation.
The deciding factor: The increase in disability was factually ascertainable as of May 8, 2015 due to the Veteran's increasing symptomology documented in her medical records and personal statements.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disc herniation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- A19003095
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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.
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