The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating under either the General Rating Formula or the Intervertebral Disc Syndrome formula, as there was no evidence of forward flexion limited to 30 degrees or less, or favorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine. The Veteran's symptoms were consistent with a 20 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease at L4-5 with 1st degree spondylolisthesis at L5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002848
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