The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine stenosis and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence showing current disability, in-service injury, and relationship between them.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24030136
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking a rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected lumbar spine stenosis was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the appeal is dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions due to lack of evidence linking them to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and private podiatry records. The Veteran's right foot disability is being considered as secondary to his service-connected right ankle disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy prior to March 15, 2022 is not rated higher than 10 percent.,The Veteran's left lower extremity radiculopathy after March 15, 2022 is not rated higher than 20 percent.,Prior to January 1, 2021, the Veteran's lumbar spine stenosis associated with post operative residuals of removal of medial cartilage right knee, to include degenerative arthritis, status post total knee arthroplasty is rated at 100 percent.,After January 1, 2021, the Veteran's lumbar spine stenosis associated with post operative residuals of removal of medial cartilage right knee, to include degenerative arthritis, status post total knee arthroplasty is rated at 20 percent.
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