Partly granted
The veteran is granted a 40% disability rating for their lumbar spine condition before September 29, 2022. The request for a higher rating after that date and for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are denied and remanded respectively.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the veteran's forward flexion limitations during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25000464
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