The Veteran's radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities and T12 anterior wedge fracture with T8/9 disc herniation from December 5, 2017 are both granted. The Veteran receives a 20 percent rating for her T12 anterior wedge fracture with T8/9 disc herniation.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the radiculopathy was caused by the 1990 in-service fall, and the combined range of motion during the April 2018 examination was sufficient to meet a 10 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, T12 anterior wedge fracture with T8/9 disc herniation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24000784
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Decisions by this judge: 945 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Dismissed
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