Partly granted
The Board restored the 60 percent rating for degenerative joint disease of the low back effective August 1, 2017, and granted a TDIU from November 22, 2013.
The deciding factor: There was no actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under the ordinary conditions of life and work due to his service-connected low back disability. The impact of his combined service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DDD) with disc space narrowing L4-L5 and L5-S1, and mild levoscoliotic at L2-L3
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25013675
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