Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a disability rating for degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis higher than 10 percent from April 3, 2015, through December 4, 2018, and higher than 20 percent from December 5, 2018, through March 8, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Board must consider whether the Veteran's lumbar spine symptoms amount to the functional equivalent of ankylosis during a flare-up.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25001524
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