Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 17, 2023, for the award of a 40 percent rating for a lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The record shows that the Veteran's increase in disability occurred prior to April 9, 2024, and the earliest evidence of entitlement to a 40 percent rating dates to April 17, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097163
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