The Veteran's low back disability has been granted an earlier effective date of August 26, 2010.,An increased rating to 40 percent for the low back disability was granted from August 26, 2010, through October 30, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected low back disability has been rated based on its functional impairment and associated symptoms.,The effective date for the increased rating was determined to be August 26, 2010, as this is when the disability picture more closely approximated the criteria for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy, Right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22066930
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and an increased rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current disabilities to military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected low back disability alone does not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and bilateral hip disability, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased disability evaluation and effective dates are being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to address the severity of his low back disability, including whether he has experienced incapacitating episodes of IVDS.
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