The Veteran's lumbar DDD has been granted a restoration of a 40 percent rating, effective the date of reduction.,Service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to service-connected lumbar DDD at the L4 vertebra is granted.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's lumbar DDD has not improved to the point of warranting a reduction in his rating, and the evidence does not show any sustained improvement of his symptoms that is reasonably certain to be maintained under the ordinary conditions of life.,Service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy is granted because it was proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar DDD at the L4 vertebra.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD)"}, {"condition_name":"left lower extremity radiculopathy"}, {"condition_name":"left ankle healed fracture at the medial malleolus"}, {"condition_name":"major depressive disorder with other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder"}, {"condition_name":"lumbar spine DDD at the L4 vertebra"}, {"condition_name":"left hand third finger degenerative joint disease (DJD)"}, {"condition_name":"right lower extremity radiculopathy or nerve damage secondary to lumbar DDD"}, {"condition_name":"left shoulder degenerative arthritis"}, {"condition_name":"right hip disability"}, {"condition_name":"left hand nerve damage"}, {"condition_name":"headaches"}, {"condition_name":"hypertension (not specified)"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 10, 2019

Citation

19192692

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