The Veteran's cervical spine disability is granted as secondary to her service-connected lumbar spine disability.,A rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran’s lumbar spine disability, effective December 13, 2019, is denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's cervical spine disability was proximately due to her service-connected lumbar spine disability and granted service connection. For the lumbar spine disability, the preponderance of evidence did not support a rating in excess of 40 percent from December 13, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spinal stenosis with degenerative disc disease, lower back pain with right sacroiliac dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20081622
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.
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