Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 20 percent rating for lumbar strain from March 8, 2024, and remanded the claims for service connection for residuals of a rib fracture and entitlement to a higher rating for lumbar strain.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on new evidence that disprove the previous denial of service connection for a rib fracture, and there was insufficient clinical basis to support reducing the disability rating for lumbar strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of rib fracture, Lumbar strain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093752
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