Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability from February 28, 2018 to June 18, 2024 and denied a higher rating thereafter. The Board also granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder effective December 1, 2018.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity of the Veteran's symptoms as documented in medical records during the relevant periods.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability with IVDS, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, radiculopathy, left lower extremity, acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25015091
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