The Veteran's lumbar arthritis is rated at 10 percent, but the Board has granted a rating of 20 percent effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s symptoms more nearly approximated forward flexion between 30 and 60 degrees during flare-ups, which meets the criteria for a 20 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19182601
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- Denied
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