Partly granted
The veteran is granted a 20 percent disability rating for their back condition prior to April 20, 2022. The request for a higher rating was denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence in approximate balance for a 20 percent rating but persuasively against a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative arthritis with disc disease and spondylosis of L4-L5 and L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001312
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