The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative joint disease, finding that the Veteran's current disability is related to her in-service duties as a jet engine mechanic and daily heavy lifting of equipment.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's STRs and post-service medical records established a nexus between her in-service back pain complaints and her current lumbar spine degenerative joint disease, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103283
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various conditions, including impotence, headaches, cervical spine degenerative joint disease, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the lumbar spine disability from January 23, 2015, and denied a higher rating since September 1, 2018.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating higher than 20 percent for lumbar spine degenerative joint disease and a TDIU from December 4, 2021 to February 7, 2024 due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's request for a higher rating than 20% for lumbar spine degenerative joint disease was denied. The claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed.
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