The Veteran's service-connected coccyx, sacroiliac joints and symphysis pubis injury with lumbar spine DDD has been granted a rating of 40 percent from August 31, 2018. The TDIU claim is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected coccyx, sacroiliac joints and symphysis pubis injury with lumbar spine DDD has been characterized by severe limitation of motion and/or severe symptomatology consisting of marked limitation of forward bending and loss of lateral motion with osteoarthritic changes.
- Claimed conditions
- coccyx, sacroiliac joints and symphysis pubis, lumbar spine DDD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19179821
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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