The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been rated and are now at their maximum allowable levels. The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for higher ratings based on additional disability or incapacitating episodes.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of unfavorable ankylosis, incapacitating episodes with bed rest prescribed by a physician, or other manifestations warranting higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability, IVDS with Lumbar Strain, IVDS with Cervical Strain, Right Lower Extremity Sciatic Radiculopathy, Right Lower Extremity Femoral Radiculopathy, Left Lower Extremity Sciatic Radiculopathy, Left Lower Extremity Femoral Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22064883
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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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