The Board denied a rating more than 40 percent for the Veteran's lumbar condition from September 21, 2009 to November 19, 2010.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's lumbar symptoms more nearly approximated ankylosis or resulted in incapacitating episodes with a total duration of at least 6 weeks in a year during the appealed period.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25003853
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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- Granted
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