Granted
The Board granted a rating of 40 percent for lumbar degenerative disc disease and 30 percent for degenerative cervical spondylosis, effective March 6, 2016. The claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU was denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's employment was not substantially gainful prior to August 1, 2018, as he continued working despite his service-connected disabilities and did not meet the economic or noneconomic components of unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar degenerative disc disease with disc bulges, facet arthrosis, epidural lipomatosis, central canal narrowing, and bilateral neural foraminal narrowing (lumbar degenerative disc disease), Degenerative cervical spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108470
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