Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's residual low back scar, with pain, from June 8, 2010 to February 11, 2016 and denied a compensable rating for the same condition from February 11, 2016. The Board also denied an effective date prior to June 8, 2010 for degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis, lumbosacral spine, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, and residual low back scar.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's low back scar was not painful or unstable from February 11, 2016, and the evidence did not support a compensable rating under other potentially applicable diagnostic codes. The effective date for service connection could not be earlier than June 8, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual low back scar, Degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis, lumbosacral spine, Radiculopathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017553
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