The Veteran's low back disability is granted a 40% rating effective February 7, 2019.,The Veteran's right knee disability remains at a 10% rating.,The Veteran's right wrist disability remains at a 0% (non-compensable) rating.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the Veteran’s low back disability warranted a 40% rating due to incapacitating episodes with total duration of at least 4 weeks but less than 6 weeks during the past 12 months.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of Thoracolumbar Spine (Low Back), Degenerative Joint Disease of Right Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease of Right Wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19109254
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