Granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 16, 2023, for ratings ranging from 10 to 50 percent for various service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: It is factually ascertainable that the increases in the Veteran's disabilities occurred on March 16, 2023, during the one-year period preceding the May 8, 2023 date of receipt of a claim for increased compensation.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with vertebral fracture and thoracic scoliosis, right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbosacral strain with vertebral fracture and thoracic scoliosis, left lower extremity radiculopathy associated with lumbosacral strain with vertebral fracture and thoracic scoliosis, cervical spine disc herniation, right upper extremity radiculopathy associated with cervical spine disc herniation, left upper extremity radiculopathy of the middle radicular group associated with cervical spine disc herniation, post traumatic headache, left shoulder strain, right shoulder strain, acne
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100036
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