The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability beginning February 27, 2020, but denied increased ratings and service connection for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed muscle spasms severe enough to result in an abnormal gait or spinal contour, warranting a 20 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 5243.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative joint disease with disc disease and stenosis, left hip disability (limitation of extension), bilateral ovarian cyst
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25006487
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 141 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including hip disabilities and radiculopathies, have been granted with effective dates of November 12, 2020.,Claims for earlier effective dates were denied for prostate cancer, reduction of the penis with erectile dysfunction (as secondary to prostate cancer), asthma, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral knees, hypertension, stable angina, and CFS.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of October 17, 2020, for the grant of service connection for left and right hip disabilities (limitation of extension) but denied an earlier effective date for the increased 100 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The issues related to allergic rhinitis and other hip conditions were remanded.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew their appeal, so the Board dismissed all issues.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for bilateral ovarian cyst and fallopian tube disorder was dismissed because the veteran withdrew all appealed issues.
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