Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 9, 2024, for the assignment of an initial 20 percent disability rating for the service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's back disability symptomatology met the criteria for a 20 percent disability rating prior to October 29, 2024, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease to include chronic back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109690
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