The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his lumbar spondylosis with degenerative joint disease and lower extremity radiculopathy is granted. The TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for additional information on employment history.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the grant of a 40 percent rating for the Veteran's back disability, effective May 9, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spondylosis with degenerative joint disease, lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20066346
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Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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