Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 7, 2011, for a 20 percent disability rating for degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis and February 13, 2012, for service connection for painful (tender) surgical scars of the lower back.
The deciding factor: The Board found that it is as likely as not that the Veteran's symptoms manifested to a similar degree throughout the period on appeal and that the scars were incurred at the time of surgery in February 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis, Painful (tender) surgical scars of the lower back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094320
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