The Veteran's service-connected low back disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities prevented him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with his work experience, skills, vocational training, and educational background from January 30, 2009 to October 6, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected low back disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities caused physical limitations preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation throughout the period under review.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease, status post laminectomy and fusion (low back disability), radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2023
- Citation
- 23046740
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- Denied
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