The Board denied referral for extraschedular consideration of the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability and right lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that the available schedular evaluations adequately accounted for his symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s use of a back brace did not show an exceptional or unusual disability picture vis-à-vis the schedular rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar intervertebral disc protrusion at L4-L5 with degenerative disc disease (lumbar spine disability), rheiculopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183643
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