The Veteran's 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain is restored.,The Veteran is granted TDIU prior to August 19, 2015.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed an improvement in the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities and his ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, major depressive disorder, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, fecal leakage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19182399
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's low back injury occurred during a period of active duty for training (ADT) and continued therefrom.
- Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date was granted during the pendency of this appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, hypertension, and various musculoskeletal and skin disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection and granted initial 40 percent ratings for left upper extremity CTS, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.
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