The Veteran's claim for service connection and increased rating for a low back disability, including right lower extremity radiculopathy, was granted. The appellant is also eligible to receive attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the April 2023 Rating Decision.
The deciding factor: The AOJ granted an increased rating of 40 percent for a low back disability and service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the April 2023 Rating Decision.
- Claimed conditions
- back spasms, degenerative disk disease L5-S1, minimal spondylosis L2 through L5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24044473
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for back spasms, confusion/memory loss, depression, fatty tumors on back, and head injury as there is no current diagnosis or in-service event to support these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for back spasms, left rotator cuff condition, and right knee condition to correct duty to assist errors.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claims for service connection for sleeplessness, chronic fatigue syndrome, and nephrotic syndrome with chronic kidney disease for readjudication due to new and relevant evidence. The claim for a left leg condition was denied as no new and relevant evidence was received.
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