The Veteran's back disability has been rated at 20 percent since January 29, 2016.,From March 12, 2012 to June 1, 2016, the Veteran was granted a TDIU and basic eligibility for DEA benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine to 30 degrees or less or ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracic facet disease, degenerative disc disease of the spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22071121
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a TDIU was denied.
- Granted
Service connection for degenerative disc disease of the spine is granted. The evidence was in approximate balance, but the veteran received the benefit of the doubt.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the spine was granted. The Board found that the condition began during his active service between June 2013 and June 2014.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's TDIU claim from September 24, 2021 to the present is dismissed as moot because he already had a 100% schedular rating and SMC at the housebound rate. The one-year period prior to September 24, 2021 for establishing eligibility for SMC was denied due to no single service-connected disability causing unemployability.
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