The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbar disc herniation with spondylosis prior to October 19, 2020 and a rating in excess of 40 percent from that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate the criteria required for higher ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc herniation with spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25006004
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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