The Board granted effective dates of March 9, 2023, and June 7, 2023, for the award of a 40 percent disability rating for lumbar spine disability and a 10 percent disability rating for sinusitis, respectively.

The deciding factor: The increase in disability was factually ascertainable as of March 9, 2023, for the lumbar spine disability and June 7, 2023, for sinusitis.

Claimed conditions

lumbar stenosis, disc displacement with myelopathy, degenerative disc disease lumbosacral spine, with intervertebral disc syndrome status post laminectomy (lumbar spine disability), sinusitis

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 10, 2025

Citation

A25106841

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